81_FR_74662 81 FR 74455 - Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines

81 FR 74455 - Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 207 (October 26, 2016)

Page Range74455-74456
FR Document2016-25857

The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) has been rechartered. The effective date of the renewed charter is July 21, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74455-74456]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25857]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Commission on Childhood 
Vaccines

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving 
notice that the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) has 
been rechartered. The effective date of the renewed charter is July 21, 
2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Narayan Nair, MD, MPH, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, Health Resources 
and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 
Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301) 443-
6593; fax: (301) 44-8196; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATON: The ACCV was established by section 2119 of 
the Public Health Service Act (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 300aa-19), as 
enacted by Public Law (Pub. L.) 99-660, and as subsequently amended, 
and advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) 
on issues related to implementation of the National Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program (VICP). Other activities of the ACCV include: 
Recommending changes in the Vaccine Injury Table at its own initiative 
or as the result of the filing of a petition; advising the Secretary in 
implementing section 2127 of the Act regarding the need for childhood 
vaccination products that result in fewer or no significant adverse 
reactions; surveying federal, state, and local programs and activities 
related to gathering information on injuries associated with the 
administration of childhood vaccines, including the adverse reaction 
reporting requirements of section 2125(b) of the Act; advising the 
Secretary on the methods of obtaining, compiling, publishing, and using 
credible data related to the frequency and severity of adverse 
reactions associated with childhood vaccines; consulting on the 
development or

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revision of Vaccine Information Statements; and recommending to the 
Director of the National Vaccine Program research related to vaccine 
injuries which should be conducted to carry out the VICP.
    On July 21, 2016, the ACCV charter was renewed. Renewal of the ACCV 
charter gives authorization for the Commission to operate until July 
21, 2018.
    A copy of the ACCV charter is available on the ACCV Web site at 
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/index.html. A 
copy of the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database 
that is maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the 
General Services Administration. The Web site address for the FACA 
database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Web site at http://organdonor.gov/                    participation and ability to comment
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                          about-dot/acot.html#meetings.                         will be limited as time permits.
                                                                                                               The draft meeting agenda will be                   Jason E. Bennett,
                                                    Health Resources and Services
                                                                                                            posted on http://www.acotmeetings.                    Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
                                                    Administration
                                                                                                            net/. Those participating at this meeting             [FR Doc. 2016–25855 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    Advisory Committee on Organ                             should register by visiting http://                   BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
                                                    Transplantation                                         www.acotmeetings.net/. The deadline to
                                                                                                            register for this meeting is Monday,
                                                    AGENCY: Health Resources and Services                   November 21, 2016. For all logistical                 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                    Administration, HHS.                                    questions and concerns, please contact                HUMAN SERVICES
                                                    ACTION: Notice of meeting.                              Susie Gingrich, Leonard Resource
                                                                                                            Group, at (202) 289–8322 or send an                   Health Resources and Services
                                                    SUMMARY:   In accordance with section                                                                         Administration
                                                    10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory                        email to sgringrich@lrginc.com.
                                                    Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), notice                     Participants can join this meeting via             Renewal of Charter for the Advisory
                                                    is hereby given of the following meeting                teleconference by:                                    Commission on Childhood Vaccines
                                                    of the Advisory Committee on Organ                         1. (Audio Portion) Calling the                     AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
                                                    Transplantation (ACOT). The meeting                     Conference Phone Number (1–800–832–                   Administration, HHS.
                                                    will be open to the public.                             0736) and providing the Participant                   ACTION: Notice.
                                                    DATES: November 22, 2016, from 11:00                    Passcode (1337210); and
                                                    a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard                                                                            SUMMARY:    The Department of Health and
                                                                                                               2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the              Human Services is hereby giving notice
                                                    Time.
                                                                                                            ACOT Adobe Connect Pro Meeting                        that the Advisory Commission on
                                                    ADDRESSES:   The meeting will be held                   using the following URL https://                      Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) has been
                                                    via audio conference call and Adobe                     lrg.adobeconnect.com/acot/ and                        rechartered. The effective date of the
                                                    Connect Webinar. Webinar information                    entering as GUEST: (copy and paste the                renewed charter is July 21, 2016.
                                                    can be found on the Web site at: http://                link into your browser if it does not                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    www.acotmeetings.net/.                                  work directly, and enter as a guest).                 Narayan Nair, MD, MPH, Executive
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                               Participants should plan to call and               Secretary, Advisory Commission on
                                                    Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary,                                                                            Childhood Vaccines, Health Resources
                                                                                                            connect 15 minutes prior to the meeting
                                                    Division of Transplantation, Healthcare                                                                       and Services Administration,
                                                                                                            for logistics to be set up. If you have
                                                    Systems Bureau, Health Resources and                                                                          Department of Health and Human
                                                    Services Administration, 5600 Fishers                   never attended an Adobe Connect
                                                                                                            meeting, please test your connection                  Services, Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers
                                                    Lane, Room 8W60, Rockville, MD                                                                                Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone:
                                                    20857; telephone (301) 443–6839;                        using the following URL: http://
                                                                                                            www.adobe.com/go/meeting_test. In                     (301) 443–6593; fax: (301) 44–8196;
                                                    rwalsh@hrsa.gov.                                                                                              email: nnair@hrsa.gov.
                                                                                                            order to obtain a quick overview, go to
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATON: The ACCV
                                                    authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 217a,                    the following URL: http://
                                                                                                            www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_                          was established by section 2119 of the
                                                    Section 222 of the Public Health Service                                                                      Public Health Service Act (the Act) (42
                                                    Act, as amended, and 42 CFR 121.12,                     overview. Call (202) 289–8322 or email
                                                                                                            Susie Gingrich at sgringrich@lrginc.com               U.S.C. 300aa–19), as enacted by Public
                                                    ACOT is charged with advising the                                                                             Law (Pub. L.) 99–660, and as
                                                    Secretary, acting through the                           if you are having trouble connecting to
                                                                                                                                                                  subsequently amended, and advises the
                                                    Administrator, Health Resources and                     the meeting site.
                                                                                                                                                                  Secretary of Health and Human Services
                                                    Services Administration (HRSA), on all                     Public Comment: It is preferred that               (the Secretary) on issues related to
                                                    aspects of organ donation, procurement,                 persons interested in providing an oral               implementation of the National Vaccine
                                                    allocation, and transplantation, and on                 presentation email a written request,                 Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
                                                    such other matters that the Secretary                   along with a copy of their presentation,              Other activities of the ACCV include:
                                                    determines.                                             to Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary,                 Recommending changes in the Vaccine
                                                       Agenda: The Committee will hear                      Division of Transplantation, Healthcare               Injury Table at its own initiative or as
                                                    presentations on topics including public                Systems Bureau, Health Resources and                  the result of the filing of a petition;
                                                    reporting of transplant center outcomes                 Services Administration, at rwalsh@                   advising the Secretary in implementing
                                                    data, updates on activities of the Organ                hrsa.gov. Requests should contain the                 section 2127 of the Act regarding the
                                                    Procurement and Transplantation                         name, address, telephone number, email                need for childhood vaccination
                                                    Network (OPTN), including the                           address, and any business or                          products that result in fewer or no
                                                    development of an OPTN Collaborative                    professional affiliation of the person                significant adverse reactions; surveying
                                                    Innovation and Improvement Network                      desiring to make an oral presentation.                federal, state, and local programs and
                                                    (COIIN) project to assess effective                     Groups having similar interests are                   activities related to gathering
                                                    practices for utilization kidneys at high               encouraged to combine their comments                  information on injuries associated with
                                                    risk of discard while maintaining                                                                             the administration of childhood
                                                                                                            and present them through a single
                                                    quality outcome measures, and a report                                                                        vaccines, including the adverse reaction
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                                                                                                            representative.
                                                    on recent efforts by the Centers for                                                                          reporting requirements of section
                                                    Medicare & Medicaid Services to                            The allocation of time may be                      2125(b) of the Act; advising the
                                                    identify innovative approaches to care                  adjusted to accommodate the level of                  Secretary on the methods of obtaining,
                                                    for End Stage Renal Disease patients. All               expressed interest. Persons who do not                compiling, publishing, and using
                                                    public comments will be included in                     file an advance request for a                         credible data related to the frequency
                                                    the record of the ACOT meeting.                         presentation, but desire to make an oral              and severity of adverse reactions
                                                    Meeting summary notes will be posted                    statement, may request it during the                  associated with childhood vaccines;
                                                    on the Department’s organ donation                      public comment period. Public                         consulting on the development or


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                                                    revision of Vaccine Information                         using the following URL: https://                     and severity of adverse reactions
                                                    Statements; and recommending to the                     hrsa.connectsolutions.com/accv/ (copy                 associated with childhood vaccines;
                                                    Director of the National Vaccine                        and paste the link into your browser if               consulting on the development or
                                                    Program research related to vaccine                     it does not work directly, and enter as               revision of Vaccine Information
                                                    injuries which should be conducted to                   a guest). Participants should call and                Statements; and recommending to the
                                                    carry out the VICP.                                     connect 15 minutes prior to the meeting               Director of the National Vaccine
                                                      On July 21, 2016, the ACCV charter                    in order for logistics to be set up. If you           Program research related to vaccine
                                                    was renewed. Renewal of the ACCV                        have never attended an Adobe Connect                  injuries which should be conducted to
                                                    charter gives authorization for the                     meeting, please test your connection                  carry out VICP.
                                                    Commission to operate until July 21,                    using the following URL: https://                       The agenda items for the December
                                                    2018.                                                   hrsa.connectsolutions.com/common/                     2016 meeting will include, but are not
                                                      A copy of the ACCV charter is                         help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and                  limited to, updates from the Division of
                                                    available on the ACCV Web site at                       get a quick overview by following URL:                Injury Compensation Programs (DICP),
                                                    http://www.hrsa.gov/                                    http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_                   Department of Justice (DOJ), National
                                                    advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/                   overview.                                             Vaccine Program Office (NVPO),
                                                    index.html. A copy of the charter also                                                                        Immunization Safety Office (Centers for
                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    can be obtained by accessing the FACA                                                                         Disease Control and Prevention),
                                                                                                            Anyone requesting information
                                                    database that is maintained by the                                                                            National Institute of Allergy and
                                                                                                            regarding the ACCV should contact
                                                    Committee Management Secretariat                                                                              Infectious Diseases (National Institutes
                                                                                                            Annie Herzog, Program Analyst,
                                                    under the General Services                              Division of Injury Compensation                       of Health) and Center for Biologics,
                                                    Administration. The Web site address                    Programs (DICP), Health Resources and                 Evaluation and Research (Food and
                                                    for the FACA database is http://                        Services Administration in one of three               Drug Administration). A draft agenda
                                                    www.facadatabase.gov/.                                  ways: (1) Send a request to the following             and additional meeting materials will be
                                                                                                            address: Annie Herzog, Program                        posted on the ACCV Web site (http://
                                                    Jason E. Bennett,
                                                                                                            Analyst, DICP, Health Resources and                   www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/
                                                    Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
                                                                                                            Services Administration, 5600 Fishers                 childhoodvaccines/index.html) prior to
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–25857 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am]                                                                  the meeting. Agenda items are subject to
                                                                                                            Lane, 08N146B, Rockville, Maryland
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                                                                                                            20857; (2) call (301) 443–6593; or (3)                change as priorities dictate.
                                                                                                                                                                    Members of the public will have the
                                                                                                            send an email to aherzog@hrsa.gov.
                                                                                                               At this time the meeting is scheduled              opportunity to provide comments. Oral
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                                                      comments will be honored in the order
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                          to be held over 2 days via conference
                                                                                                            call and Adobe Connect webinar;                       they are requested and may be limited
                                                    Health Resources and Service                            however, meeting times and locations                  as time allows. Requests to make oral
                                                    Administration                                          could change. For the latest information              comments or provide written comments
                                                                                                            regarding meeting start time and                      to the ACCV should be sent to Annie
                                                    Advisory Commission on Childhood                        location, please check the ACCV Web                   Herzog using the address and phone
                                                    Vaccines                                                site: http://www.hrsa.gov/                            number above by November 29, 2016.
                                                                                                            advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/                 Individuals who need special
                                                    AGENCY: Health Resources and Service                                                                          assistance, such as sign language
                                                    Administration, HHS.                                    index.html.
                                                                                                                                                                  interpretation or other reasonable
                                                    ACTION: Notice of meeting.                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACCV                   accommodations, should notify Annie
                                                                                                            was established by section 2119 of the                Herzog, using the address and phone
                                                    SUMMARY:   In accordance with section                   Public Health Service Act (the Act) (42               number above at least 10 days prior to
                                                    10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory                        U.S.C. 300aa–19), as enacted by Public                the meeting.
                                                    Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),                      Law (Pub. L.) 99–660, and as
                                                    notice is hereby given that a meeting is                subsequently amended, and advises the                 Jason E. Bennett,
                                                    scheduled for the Advisory Commission                   Secretary of Health and Human Services                Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
                                                    on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). This                      (the Secretary) on issues related to                  [FR Doc. 2016–25875 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    meeting will be open to the public.                     implementation of the National Vaccine                BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
                                                    Information about the ACCV and the                      Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
                                                    agenda for this meeting can be obtained                    Other activities of ACCV include:
                                                    by accessing the following Web site:                    Recommending changes to the Vaccine                   DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                    http://www.hrsa.gov/                                    Injury Table at its own initiative or as              HUMAN SERVICES
                                                    advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/                   the result of the filing of a petition;
                                                    index.html.                                             advising the Secretary in implementing                Renewal of Charters for Certain
                                                                                                            section 2127 of the Act regarding the                 Federal Advisory Committees
                                                    DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                    December 1 and 2, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.                   need for childhood vaccination                        AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant
                                                    EST.                                                    products that result in fewer or no                   Secretary for Health, Office of the
                                                    ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held                    significant adverse reactions; surveying              Secretary, Department of Health and
                                                    via Adobe Connect Webinar. The public                   federal, state, and local programs and                Human Services.
                                                                                                            activities related to gathering
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                                                    can join the meeting by:                                                                                      ACTION: Notice.
                                                      1. (Audio Portion) Calling the                        information on injuries associated with
                                                    conference phone number 800–779–                        the administration of childhood                       SUMMARY:  As stipulated by the Federal
                                                    3561 and providing the following                        vaccines, including the adverse reaction              Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
                                                    information:                                            reporting requirements of section                     U.S.C. App), the U.S. Department of
                                                      Leader Name: Dr. Narayan Nair.                        2125(b) of the Act; advising the                      Health and Human Services is hereby
                                                      Password: 8164763.                                    Secretary on the methods of obtaining,                announcing that the charters have been
                                                      2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the                 compiling, publishing, and using                      renewed for the following federal
                                                    ACCV Adobe Connect Pro Meeting                          credible data related to the frequency                advisory committees for which Office of


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ActionNotice.
ContactNarayan Nair, MD, MPH, Executive Secretary, Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301) 443- 6593; fax: (301) 44-8196; email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 74455 

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