80 FR 63558 - Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Notice of Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 202 (October 20, 2015)
Health Resources and Services Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 202 (October 20, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 63558-63559] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-26523] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Notice of Meeting In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following meeting: Name: Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT). Date and Time: November 17, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Place: The meeting will be via audio conference call and Adobe Connect Pro. Status: The meeting will be open to the public. Purpose: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 CFR 121.12 (2000), ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in enhancing organ donation, ensuring that the system of organ transplantation is grounded in the best available medical science, and assuring the public that the system is as effective and equitable as possible, thereby increasing public confidence in the integrity and effectiveness of the transplantation system. ACOT is composed of up to 25 members including the Chair. Members serve as Special Government Employees and have diverse backgrounds in fields such as organ donation, health care public policy, transplantation medicine and surgery, critical care medicine, and other medical specialties involved in the identification and referral of donors, non-physician transplant professions, nursing, epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics, behavioral sciences, economics and statistics, as well as representatives of transplant candidates, transplant recipients, organ donors, and family members. Agenda: The Committee will hear presentations including those on the following topics: Donor Management Research; the HOPE Act; and Program Updates. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities indicate. After Committee discussions, members of the public will have an opportunity to comment. Because of the Committee's full agenda and timeframe in which to cover the agenda topics, public comment will be limited. All public comments will be included in the record of the ACOT meeting. Meeting summary notes will be posted on Department's organ donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation/advisory.html#meetings. [[Page 63559]] The draft meeting agenda will be posted on www.acotmeetings.net (but the timing of events may be subject to change). Those participating at this meeting should register by visiting www.acotmeetings.net. The deadline to register for this meeting is Monday, November 16, 2015. For all logistical questions and concerns, please contact Susie Gingrich, Leonard Resource Group, at 202-289-8322 or send an email to [email protected]. The public can join the meeting by: 1. (Audio Portion) Calling the Conference Phone Number (1-800-832- 0736) and providing the Participant Code (1337210); and 2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the ACOT Adobe Connect Pro Meeting using the following URL https://lrg.adobeconnect.com/acot1115 (copy and paste the link into your browser if it does not work directly). Participants should call and connect 15 minutes prior to the meeting for logistics to be set up. If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting, please test your connection using the following URL: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and get a quick overview by following URL: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview. Call 202-289-8322 or send an email to [email protected] if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting site. Public Comment: It is preferred that persons interested in providing an oral presentation email a written request, along with a copy of their presentation to Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, at [email protected]. Requests should contain the name, address, telephone number, email address, and any business or professional affiliation of the person desiring to make an oral presentation. Groups having similar interests are requested to combine their comments and present them through a single representative. The allocation of time may be adjusted to accommodate the level of expressed interest. Persons who do not file an advance request for a presentation, but desire to make an oral statement, may request it during the public comment period. Public participation and ability to comment will be limited to time as it permits. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W65, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone 301-443-1127. Jackie Painter, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2015-26523 Filed 10-19-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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Response (OHSEPR) promotes resilience of well as ‘‘steady state’’ capabilities necessary DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
vulnerable individuals, children, families, to maintain readiness for response or HUMAN SERVICES
and communities impacted by disasters and recovery operations to future events. The
public health emergencies and provides Division manages deployable and non- Health Resources and Services
expertise in human services preparedness, deployable capabilities for operations,
response, and recovery through policy,
Administration
including ACF’s Watch Desk and threat
planning, operations, and partnerships.
OHSEPR coordinates ACF’s work in analysis, situational awareness reporting, Advisory Committee on Organ
emergency preparedness, response, and deployment of requested emergency response Transplantation; Notice of Meeting
recovery planning, policy, and operations, and recovery staffing assets, coordination of
ACF support for federal emergency missions,
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
working in close partnership with ACF
Program Offices and the Immediate Offices of and liaison with federal interagency and
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
the Regional Administrators. OHSEPR other partners in response and recovery. This (Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
supports fulfillment of disaster human Division is responsible for administration of of the following meeting:
services within the integrated response and OHSEPR’s activities to promote emergency Name: Advisory Committee on Organ
recovery operations of the Department of preparedness of ACF programs, community Transplantation (ACOT).
Health and Human Services (HHS). OHSEPR Date and Time: November 17, 2015,
resilience to the human services impacts of
administers the Human Services Immediate from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Disaster Case Management Program, which is disasters and public health emergencies, and
participation in HHS-wide and government- Time.
the FEMA HHS alternate of the Disaster Case
wide emergency planning and policymaking. Place: The meeting will be via audio
Management Program.
KW.10 Organization. OHSEPR is headed by The Division manages preparedness activities conference call and Adobe Connect Pro.
a Director, who reports to the Assistant and messaging. The Division coordinates Status: The meeting will be open to
Secretary, and consists of: fulfillment of ACF participation in the public.
Office of the Director (KW1) Departmental and federal policy workgroups Purpose: Under the authority of 42
Division of Disaster Case Management (KW2) related to disasters, tools and guidance U.S.C. Section 217a, Section 222 of the
Division of Emergency Planning, Policy and intended to promote preparedness of ACF Public Health Service Act, as amended,
Operations (KW3) and 42 CFR 121.12 (2000), ACOT was
programs and community resilience for ACF
KW.20 Functions. A. The OD is established to assist the Secretary in
served populations, and training and exercise
responsible for the administrative oversight
programs to continually improve ACF’s enhancing organ donation, ensuring that
and strategic direction of all OHSEPR
programs, projects, and activities. The Office capacity to support disaster human services the system of organ transplantation is
of the Director implements the strategic for affected populations. grounded in the best available medical
vision of the Director, manages budgetary science, and assuring the public that the
and legal matters affecting OHSEPR, VII. Continuation of Policy system is as effective and equitable as
administers human resources and program Except as inconsistent with this possible, thereby increasing public
evaluation functions, and assures alignment reorganization, all statements of policy confidence in the integrity and
of activities by all OHSEPR divisions with effectiveness of the transplantation
and interpretations with respect to
the Director’s strategy and applicable laws, system. ACOT is composed of up to 25
policies, doctrines, and frameworks related to organizational components affected by
this notice within the Administration members including the Chair. Members
the provision of HHS ACF disaster human
services. for Children and Families, heretofore serve as Special Government Employees
The Administrative Team provides issued and in effect on this date of this and have diverse backgrounds in fields
administrative and budget support to reorganization are continued in full such as organ donation, health care
OHSEPR. These responsibilities include, but public policy, transplantation medicine
force and effect.
are not limited to: (1) serving as the and surgery, critical care medicine, and
Executive Secretariat for OHSEPR, including VIII. Delegation of Authority other medical specialties involved in
managing correspondence, correspondence All delegations and re-delegations of the identification and referral of donors,
systems, and public requests; (2) non-physician transplant professions,
coordinating human resources activities; and
authority made to officials and
employees of affected organizational nursing, epidemiology, immunology,
(3) as appropriate, development of internal
policies and procedures relating to these components will continue in them or law and bioethics, behavioral sciences,
activities. their successors pending further re- economics and statistics, as well as
B. Division of Disaster Case Management is delegations, provided they are representatives of transplant candidates,
responsible for administration of the Human consistent with this reorganization. transplant recipients, organ donors, and
Services Disaster Case Management Program family members.
to assist states, tribes, and territories in IX. Funds, Personnel, and Equipment Agenda: The Committee will hear
establishing the capacity to coordinate and Transfer of organizations and presentations including those on the
provide case management services in the functions affected by this reorganization following topics: Donor Management
event of a presidentially declared disaster for
shall be accompanied in each instance Research; the HOPE Act; and Program
which Individual Assistance is approved.
This Division develops and maintains the by direct and support funds, positions, Updates. Agenda items are subject to
capability to deploy Immediate Disaster Case personnel, records, equipment, change as priorities indicate.
Management (IDCM) teams upon activation supplies, and other resources. After Committee discussions,
by the Federal Emergency Management members of the public will have an
This reorganization will be effective
Agency (FEMA). The Division manages opportunity to comment. Because of the
contracts for IDCM staffing assets and upon date of signature. Committee’s full agenda and timeframe
infrastructure, and for electronic case record
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Dated: September 21, 2015. in which to cover the agenda topics,
to support provision of IDCM services to public comment will be limited. All
Mark H. Greenberg,
survivors in states and tribes as tasked by
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and public comments will be included in
FEMA.
C. Division of Emergency Planning, Policy Families. the record of the ACOT meeting.
and Operations is responsible for [FR Doc. 2015–26615 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am] Meeting summary notes will be posted
administration of ACF human services on Department’s organ donation Web
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preparedness, response, and recovery for site at http://www.organdonor.gov/
disasters and public health emergencies, as legislation/advisory.html#meetings.
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The draft meeting agenda will be Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, the date that is one year from the
posted on www.acotmeetings.net (but Room 17W65, Rockville, MD 20857; Secretary’s adoption of the condition for
the timing of events may be subject to telephone 301–443–1127. screening.
change). Those participating at this Agenda: The meeting will include: (1)
Jackie Painter,
meeting should register by visiting Discussion and vote on the statutory
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. Committee’s proposed bylaws, (2) a
www.acotmeetings.net. The deadline to
[FR Doc. 2015–26523 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am] discussion of nomination process for
register for this meeting is Monday,
November 16, 2015. For all logistical BILLING CODE 4165–15–P prospective organizational
questions and concerns, please contact representatives, (3) a presentation on the
Susie Gingrich, Leonard Resource Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Federal Policy for the Protection of
Group, at 202–289–8322 or send an
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email to sgingrich@lriginc.com.
The public can join the meeting by: impact on newborn screening research,
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1. (Audio Portion) Calling the (4) updates from the Pilot Study
Administration
Conference Phone Number (1–800–832– Workgroup, Cost Analysis Workgroup,
0736) and providing the Participant Advisory Committee on Heritable and Timeliness Workgroup, (5) a
Code (1337210); and Disorders in Newborns and Children; presentation on transition models from
2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the Notice of Meeting pediatric to adult health care using
ACOT Adobe Connect Pro Meeting innovative strategies, and (6) a
using the following URL https://lrg. In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of presentation on current education
adobeconnect.com/acot1115 (copy and the Federal Advisory Committee Act activities within newborn screening and
paste the link into your browser if it (Pub. L. 92–463, codified at 5 U.S.C. impact on families and children. There
does not work directly). App.), notice is hereby given of the are no votes that involve proposed
Participants should call and connect following meeting: additions of a condition to the RUSP
Name: Advisory Committee on scheduled for this meeting.
15 minutes prior to the meeting for
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quick overview by following URL: www.blsmeetings.net/ACHDNC committees/mchbadvisory/heritable
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Call 202–289–8322 or send an email 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. will be on the Committee Web site at
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persons interested in providing an oral Title XI, § 1111 (42 U.S.C. 300b–10), Public Comments: Members of the
presentation email a written request, was established to advise the Secretary public may present oral comments and/
along with a copy of their presentation of the Department of Health and Human or submit written comments. Comments
to Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Services about the development of are part of the official Committee record.
Executive Secretary, Healthcare Systems newborn screening activities, Advance registration is required to
Bureau, Health Resources and Services technologies, policies, guidelines, and present oral comments and/or submit
Administration, at pstroup@hrsa.gov. programs for effectively reducing written comments. Oral public
Requests should contain the name, morbidity and mortality in newborns comments are tentatively scheduled for
address, telephone number, email and children having, or at risk for, November 3, 2015. Individuals who
address, and any business or heritable disorders. In addition, the wish to present oral public comments
professional affiliation of the person Committee’s recommendations must indicate this when registering.
desiring to make an oral presentation. regarding additional conditions/ Written comments may be uploaded on
Groups having similar interests are inherited disorders for screening that the registration Web site and must be
requested to combine their comments have been adopted by the Secretary are received by the registration deadline
and present them through a single included in the Recommended Uniform (October 30, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time),
representative. Screening Panel (RUSP) and constitute as this will allow them to be included
The allocation of time may be part of the comprehensive guidelines in the November meeting briefing book.
adjusted to accommodate the level of supported by the Health Resources and Individuals who wish to present oral
expressed interest. Persons who do not Services Administration. Pursuant to comments and/or provide written
file an advance request for a section 2713 of the Public Health comments should identify on the
presentation, but desire to make an oral Service Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. registration Web site the individual’s
statement, may request it during the
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Health Resources and Services (i.e., policy years) beginning on or after oral comments can be accommodated,
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