[Federal Register: April 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 71)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice is hereby given of the
first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will
be held from approximately 8:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on May 1, 2001, and
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on May 2, 2001, at the Sheraton Suites, Old
Town Alexandria, 801 North Saint Asaph Street, Alexandria, Virginia
22314. The meeting will be open to the public; however, seating is
limited and pre-registration is encouraged (see below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACOT will review the organ allocation
policies submitted by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
(OPTN) to HHS for approval. There will be a limited period of time for
public comment before the Committee considers each policy. The public
may review the OPTN policies on the OPTN website www.unos.org. While
public comments are welcome for possible presentation, please note that
the Committee will be working with a full agenda and a limited amount
of time. Therefore, to facilitate this process, we recommend that
individuals interested in providing public comments submit those
comments in writing by April 20, 2001, to the Executive Director of the
Committee (address below). The Department reserves the right to select
comments from among those submitted for oral presentation within the
time available, although it will include all comments in the record of
the ACOT meeting.
Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 CFR 121.12 (64 FR 56661), the
ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in ensuring that the
system of organ transplantation is grounded in the best available
medical science and is as effective and equitable as possible, and
thereby, enhance public confidence in the integrity and effectiveness
of the transplantation system. The ACOT will review potentially
enforceable OPTN policies and such other matters as the Secretary
determines. The ACOT is composed of 20 voting, non-governmental
individuals with diverse backgrounds in areas such as health care
public policy, transplantation medicine and surgery, non-physician
transplant professions, biostatistics, immunology, bioethics, law,
transplant recipients, and a donor family representative.
The draft meeting agenda and a registration form are available on
the Division of Transplantation's Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/
dot.htm. The completed registration form should be submitted by
facsimile to Betah Associates, Inc., the logistic support contractor
for the meeting, at FAX number (301) 657-4258. Individuals without
access to the Internet who wish to register may call Betah Associates,
Inc., at (301) 657-4254, extension 228. Individuals who plan to attend
the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the
ACOT Executive Director, Ms. Lynn Rothberg Wegman, M.P.A., in advance
of the meeting. Ms. Wegman may be reached by telephone at (301) 443-
7577, by e-mail at LWegman@hrsa.gov, or in writing at the address of
the Division of Transplantation provided below. Management and support
services for ACOT functions are provided by the Division of
Transplantation, Office of Special Programs, HRSA, Room 7C-22, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Dated: April 6, 2001.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Acting Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
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