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HHS Policy Move Means FDA Must Publish More Documentation To Support Rulemaking Decisions

Secretary Azar wants an “informed public comment process”

To be more transparent and allow more public discourse, the HHS now requires all its agencies to publish documents it uses to rationalize proposed rules and demonstration projects.

United States congress blurred by rain with a wiper cleaning a window as a symbol for government transparency.

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it’s now requiring all its agencies to publish documents supporting their rationale whenever they propose a new rule, except in situations where there may be a legal conflict to do so.

HHS secretary Alex Azar published a notice in the Federal Register on 30 November stating that moving forward all...

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