The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to provide time sensitive additional support to increase the development and pre-release of LOINC® Special Use codes , and updating of their technical infrastructure in order to support the search ability and rapid dissemination of the
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codes to IVD manufacturers, laboratories, and other entities both nationally and internationally.
This funding opportunity is in the form of a cooperative agreement and is for the purposes of accelerating and expanding LOINC® development to support public health needs as authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (CARES Act) (Pub.
L.
No.
116-136, March 27, 2020), as well as Section 3011 of the Public Service Health Act (PHSA)