83_FR_44422 83 FR 44253 - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Adding the Category of Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant Women to the Vaccine Injury Table

83 FR 44253 - National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Adding the Category of Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant Women to the Vaccine Injury Table

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 169 (August 30, 2018)

Page Range44253-44254
FR Document2018-18873

This document announces a public hearing to receive information and comments regarding the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled ``National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Adding the Category of Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant Women to the Vaccine Injury Table.''

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44253-44254]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18873]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 100

RIN 0906-AB14


National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Adding the Category 
of Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant Women to the Vaccine Injury Table

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a public hearing to receive 
information and comments regarding the notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM) titled ``National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Adding 
the Category of Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant Women to the Vaccine 
Injury Table.''

DATE AND TIME: September 17, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET.
    Location: 5600 Fishers Lane, Conference Room 08SWH01, Rockville, MD 
20857 (and via audio conference call and Adobe Connect).
    The public can join the hearing by:
    1. (In Person) The hearing will take place at 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Persons interested in attending the hearing in 
person are encouraged to submit a written notification to: Ana Marie 
Balingit-Wines, Division of Injury Compensation Programs (DICP), 
Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA), Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857 or email: [email protected]. Since this hearing 
is held in a Federal government building, attendees must go through a 
security check to enter the building and participate in the meeting. A 
written notification is encouraged to make entry through security 
quicker. To request an escort during the hearing, call Ana Marie 
Balingit-Wines at 301-443-2030.
    2. (Audio Portion) Call the conference phone number 855-303-0062 
and provide the following information: Leader's Name: Dr. Narayan Nair, 
Password: 622245.
    3. (Visual Portion) Connect to the NPRM-Public Hearing Adobe 
Connect Pro Meeting using the following URL: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/nprm_public_hearing/ (copy and paste the link 
into your browser if it does not

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work directly, and enter as a guest). 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 (301) 
443-2030 or send an email to [email protected] if you are having 
trouble connecting to the meeting site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Narayan Nair, Director, Division 
of Injury Compensation Programs, at 800-338-2382 or by email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by statute, the Secretary 
proposes to amend the Vaccine Injury Table (Table) by regulation to 
include vaccines recommended by the CDC for routine administration in 
pregnant women. The proposed rule, which was published in the Federal 
Register on April 4, 2018 (83 FR 14391; https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-04/pdf/2018-06770.pdf), would amend the existing language in 
Item XVII of the Table to include ``and/or pregnant women'' after 
``children.'' This proposed revision would add to the general category 
of the Table any new vaccine recommended by the CDC for routine 
administration in pregnant women after imposition of an excise tax and 
publication of a notice of coverage. The Secretary is seeking public 
comment on the proposed revision to the Table. The public comment 
period for the NPRM closes on October 1, 2018.
    A public hearing on the NPRM will take place on September 17, 2018. 
This hearing is to provide an open forum for the presentation of 
information and views concerning the proposed revision to the Table by 
interested persons. In preparing a final regulation, the Secretary will 
consider the administrative record of this hearing along with all other 
written comments received during the comment period specified in the 
NPRM. The presiding officer, representing the Secretary of HHS, will be 
Dr. Narayan Nair, Director, Division of Injury Compensation Programs, 
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration.
    Individuals or representatives of interested organizations may 
participate in the public hearing in accordance with the following 
schedule and procedures. Persons who wish to participate should file a 
notice of participation with the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) on or before September 3, 2018. The notice should be 
mailed to the Division of Injury Compensation Programs, Room 08N146B, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or emailed to [email protected]. To ensure timely handling, any outer envelope or the 
subject line of an email should be clearly marked ``VICP NPRM 
Hearing.'' The notice of participation should contain the interested 
person's name, address, email address, telephone number, any business 
or organizational affiliation of the person desiring to make a 
presentation, a brief summary of the presentation, and the approximate 
time requested for the presentation. Groups that have similar interests 
should consolidate their comments as part of one presentation. Time 
available for the hearing will be allocated among the persons who 
properly file notices of participation. If time permits, interested 
parties attending the hearing who did not submit notice of 
participation in advance will be allowed to make an oral presentation 
at the conclusion of the hearing.
    Persons who find that there is insufficient time to submit the 
required information in writing may give oral notice of participation 
by calling Ana Marie Balingit-Wines, Division of Injury Compensation 
Programs, at (301) 443-2030, no later than September 3, 2018. After 
reviewing the notices of participation and accompanying information, 
HHS will schedule each appearance and notify each participant by mail, 
email, or telephone of the time allotted to the person(s) and the 
approximate time the person's oral presentation is scheduled to begin.
    Written comments and transcripts of the hearing will be made 
available for public inspection as soon as they have been prepared, on 
weekdays (except Federal holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 
5:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Division of Injury Compensation Programs, Room 
08N146B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

    Dated: August 24, 2018.
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2018-18873 Filed 8-29-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules 44253 communities on federal lands (the of the EIS. Federally recognized Tribes Dated: August 24, 2018. Tongass National Forest comprises within the Tongass National Forest have Christopher B. French, almost 80% of southeast Alaska); as been invited to participate as a Acting Deputy Chief. well as Alaska and Tongass National cooperating agency. [FR Doc. 2018–18937 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] Forest-specific statutory considerations BILLING CODE 3411–15–P (e.g., Alaska National Interest Lands Responsible Official Conservation Act (ANILCA), Tongass The Responsible Official for the Timber Reform Act (TTRA)). DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND rulemaking and EIS is the Secretary of The Department and Forest Service Agriculture or his designee. HUMAN SERVICES believe that current timber harvest and road construction/reconstruction Decision To Be Made 42 CFR Part 100 restrictions can be adjusted for the Tongass National Forest in a manner The Responsible Official will RIN 0906–AB14 that meaningfully addresses local determine appropriate management economic and development concerns direction for roadless areas within the National Vaccine Injury Compensation while balancing roadless area State of Alaska, including appropriate Program: Adding the Category of conservation needs. Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant exceptions to address essential The State of Alaska believes that Women to the Vaccine Injury Table infrastructure, timber, energy, mining, roadless conservation interests for the access, and transportation systems AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. Tongass National Forest can be necessary to further Alaska’s economic ACTION: Notice of public hearing. adequately protected under the Tongass development interests, while at the Land Management Plan and that the same time conserving roadless areas in SUMMARY: This document announces a 2001 Roadless Rule prohibitions are Alaska for generations to come. public hearing to receive information unnecessary. In addition, the State and comments regarding the notice of believes application of the 2001 Scoping Process proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled Roadless Rule substantially impacts the ‘‘National Vaccine Injury Compensation social and economic fabric of southeast This Notice of Intent initiates the Program: Adding the Category of Alaska and violates ANILCA and TTRA. scoping process in compliance with the Vaccines Recommended for Pregnant In response to the State’s petition, National Environmental Policy Act and Women to the Vaccine Injury Table.’’ commercial and non-profit its implementing regulations (40 CFR DATE AND TIME: September 17, 2018, organizations have expressed strong part 1500–1508). As part of the scoping from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET. opinions, for and against, the idea of a period, the Forest Service, on behalf of Location: 5600 Fishers Lane, regulatory review. the Department, solicits public Conference Room 08SWH01, Rockville, comment on the nature and scope of the Proposed Action MD 20857 (and via audio conference environmental, social, and economic The Department proposes to develop call and Adobe Connect). issues related to Alaska-specific The public can join the hearing by: a durable and long-lasting regulation for rulemaking that should be analyzed in the conservation and management of 1. (In Person) The hearing will take depth in the Draft EIS. place at 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, roadless areas on the Tongass National Forest. The state-specific roadless rule Comments collected during scoping of MD 20857. Persons interested in would establish a land classification the Alaska-specific rulemaking will be attending the hearing in person are system designed to conserve roadless used to refine the proposed action, encouraged to submit a written area characteristics on the Tongass define the scope of the analysis, and notification to: Ana Marie Balingit- National Forest while accommodating develop alternatives to the proposed Wines, Division of Injury Compensation timber harvesting and road action if needed. Public meetings are Programs (DICP), Healthcare Systems construction/reconstruction activities planned to be held in Juneau Bureau (HSB), Health Resources and that are determined to be needed for (September 13, 2018), Ketchikan Services Administration (HRSA), Room forest management, economic (September 17, 2018), Hoonah 08N146B, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, development opportunities, and the (September 17, 2018), Craig (September Maryland 20857 or email: abalingit- exercise of valid existing rights or other 18, 2018), Angoon (September 18, 2018), wines@hrsa.gov. Since this hearing is non-discretionary legal authorities. Point Baker/Port Protection (September held in a Federal government building, 19, 2018), Wrangell (September 24, attendees must go through a security Alternatives to the Proposed Action check to enter the building and 2018), Sitka (September 24, 2018), The other alternatives being Petersburg (September 25, 2018), participate in the meeting. A written considered at this time are the no-action Yakutat (September 25, 2018), Kake notification is encouraged to make entry alternative, which is the continuation of (September 26, 2018), and Anchorage through security quicker. To request an current management of the Tongass escort during the hearing, call Ana (September 26, 2018), and Washington National Forest in Alaska in accordance Marie Balingit-Wines at 301–443–2030. DC (date to be determined). Additional with the 2001 Roadless Rule, and an 2. (Audio Portion) Call the conference information on meeting times and alternative that would exempt the phone number 855–303–0062 and locations will be provided through the Tongass National Forest from the provide the following information: amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 project website and local media. Leader’s Name: Dr. Narayan Nair, provisions of that 2001 Roadless Rule, but leave current management under the Estimated Timeline Password: 622245. 2001 Roadless Rule in place on the 3. (Visual Portion) Connect to the Chugach National Forest. The Draft EIS and proposed rule are NPRM-Public Hearing Adobe Connect estimated to be released in early Pro Meeting using the following URL: Cooperating Agencies summer 2019. The Final EIS is https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/ The State of Alaska will participate as estimated to be released in spring 2020, nprm_public_hearing/ (copy and paste a cooperating agency in the preparation with a final rule expected in June 2020. the link into your browser if it does not VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Aug 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\30AUP1.SGM 30AUP1

44254 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 169 / Thursday, August 30, 2018 / Proposed Rules work directly, and enter as a guest). Services (HHS) on or before September FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Participants should call and connect 15 3, 2018. The notice should be mailed to COMMISSION minutes prior to the meeting for the Division of Injury Compensation logistics to be set up. If you have never Programs, Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers 47 CFR Part 54 attended an Adobe Connect meeting, Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or [WC Docket No. 10–90, WT Docket No. 10– please test your connection using the emailed to abalingit-wines@hrsa.gov. To 208; FCC 18–124] following URL: https:// ensure timely handling, any outer hrsa.connectsolutions.com/common/ envelope or the subject line of an email Connect America Fund; Universal help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and should be clearly marked ‘‘VICP NPRM Service Reform—Mobility Fund get a quick overview by following URL: Hearing.’’ The notice of participation http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_ AGENCY: Federal Communications should contain the interested person’s Commission. overview. Call (301) 443–2030 or send name, address, email address, telephone an email to abalingit-wines@hrsa.gov if ACTION: Proposed rule. number, any business or organizational you are having trouble connecting to the affiliation of the person desiring to make SUMMARY: This document proposes meeting site. a presentation, a brief summary of the modifying the timeframe for collecting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. acceptable speed test data in support of presentation, and the approximate time Narayan Nair, Director, Division of Mobility Fund II eligibility challenges, requested for the presentation. Groups Injury Compensation Programs, at 800– such that acceptable data may be that have similar interests should 338–2382 or by email: nnair@hrsa.gov. collected at any time on or after consolidate their comments as part of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As February 27, 2018, until November 26, one presentation. Time available for the required by statute, the Secretary 2018. hearing will be allocated among the proposes to amend the Vaccine Injury DATES: Comments are due September persons who properly file notices of Table (Table) by regulation to include 10, 2018, and reply comments are due vaccines recommended by the CDC for participation. If time permits, interested parties attending the hearing who did by September 14, 2018. routine administration in pregnant not submit notice of participation in ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, women. The proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on advance will be allowed to make an oral identified by WC Docket No. 10–90 and April 4, 2018 (83 FR 14391; https:// presentation at the conclusion of the WT Docket No. 10–208, by any of the www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-04/ hearing. following methods: pdf/2018-06770.pdf), would amend the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Persons who find that there is existing language in Item XVII of the www.regulations.gov. Follow the insufficient time to submit the required instructions for submitting comments. Table to include ‘‘and/or pregnant information in writing may give oral • Federal Communications women’’ after ‘‘children.’’ This notice of participation by calling Ana Commission’s Website: https:// proposed revision would add to the Marie Balingit-Wines, Division of Injury www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the general category of the Table any new Compensation Programs, at (301) 443– instructions for submitting comments. vaccine recommended by the CDC for 2030, no later than September 3, 2018. • People with Disabilities: Contact the routine administration in pregnant After reviewing the notices of FCC to request reasonable women after imposition of an excise tax participation and accompanying accommodations (accessible format and publication of a notice of coverage. information, HHS will schedule each documents, sign language interpreters, The Secretary is seeking public appearance and notify each participant CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov, comment on the proposed revision to by mail, email, or telephone of the time phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–418– the Table. The public comment period allotted to the person(s) and the 0432. for the NPRM closes on October 1, 2018. A public hearing on the NPRM will approximate time the person’s oral FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: take place on September 17, 2018. This presentation is scheduled to begin. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, hearing is to provide an open forum for Written comments and transcripts of Auctions and Spectrum Access the presentation of information and the hearing will be made available for Division, Audra Hale-Maddox, at (202) views concerning the proposed revision public inspection as soon as they have 418–0660. to the Table by interested persons. In been prepared, on weekdays (except SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a preparing a final regulation, the Federal holidays) between the hours of summary of the Commission’s Notice of Secretary will consider the 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), WC administrative record of this hearing Division of Injury Compensation Docket No. 10–90 and WT Docket No. along with all other written comments Programs, Room 08N146B, 5600 Fishers 10–208, FCC 18–124, adopted on received during the comment period Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. August 14, 2018, and released on specified in the NPRM. The presiding August 21, 2018. The complete text of officer, representing the Secretary of Dated: August 24, 2018. this document is available for public HHS, will be Dr. Narayan Nair, Director, Alex M. Azar II, inspection and copying from 8 a.m. to Division of Injury Compensation Secretary, Department of Health and Human 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday Programs, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Services. through Thursday or from 8 a.m. to Health Resources and Services [FR Doc. 2018–18873 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 Administration. BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Reference Information Center, 445 12th Individuals or representatives of Street SW, Room CY–A257, interested organizations may participate Washington, DC 20554. The complete in the public hearing in accordance with text is also available on the the following schedule and procedures. Commission’s website at http:// Persons who wish to participate should wireless.fcc.gov, or by using the search file a notice of participation with the function on the ECFS web page at Department of Health and Human http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of public hearing.
ContactDr. Narayan Nair, Director, Division of Injury Compensation Programs, at 800-338-2382 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 44253 
RIN Number0906-AB14
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