[Federal Register: November 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 214)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation.
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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
third meeting of the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell
Transplantation (ACBSCT), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The meeting will be held from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on December 15, 2008,
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and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on December 16, 2008, at the Hyatt
Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
The meeting will be open to the public; however, seating is limited and
pre-registration is encouraged (see below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Public Law 109-129, 42 U.S.C.
274k (section 379 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended) the
ACBSCT was established to advise the Secretary of HHS and the
Administrator, HRSA, on matters related to the activities of the C.W.
Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program) and the National Cord
Blood Inventory (NCBI) Program. ACBSCT is composed of up to 25 members,
including the Chair, serving as Special Government Employees. The
current membership includes representatives of marrow donor centers and
marrow transplant centers; representatives of cord blood banks and
participating birthing hospitals; recipients of a bone marrow
transplant; recipients of a cord blood transplant; persons who require
such transplants; family members of such a recipient or family members
of a patient who has requested the assistance of the Program in
searching for an unrelated donor of bone marrow or cord blood; persons
with expertise in bone marrow and cord blood transplantation; persons
with expertise in typing, matching, and transplant outcome data
analysis; persons with expertise in the social sciences; basic
scientists with expertise in the biology of adult stem cells;
ethicists; hematology and transfusion medicine researchers with
expertise in adult blood stem cells; persons with expertise in cord
blood processing; and members of the general public.
The Council will hear reports from four of the ACBSCT Work Groups:
Cord Blood Accreditation Organization and Recognition Process, Need for
Public Funding for Required Data Documentation, Scientific Factors
Necessary to Define a Cord Blood Unit as High Quality, and Program
Confidentiality/Policies for Cord Blood Donors. The Council also will
hear presentations and discussions on Product Labeling; the Blood Stem
Cell Transplant Physician Shortage; CMS Evaluation of Coverage for
Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Models for Cord Blood Donor Recruitment; and
the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
update on several research activities.
The draft meeting agenda and a registration form will be available
on November 17, 2008, on the HRSA's Program Web site at http://
bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/ABOUT/Advisory_Council/index.html. The
completed registration form should be submitted by facsimile to
Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), the logistical support
contractor for the meeting, at fax number (703) 234-1701 ATTN: Lilly
Cho. Registration can also be completed electronically at https://
www.team-psa.com/dot/fall2008/acbsct/. Individuals without access to
the Internet who wish to register may call Lilly Cho with PSA at (703)
234-1733.
Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should notify the ACBSCT Executive Secretary, Remy
Aronoff, in advance of the meeting. Mr. Aronoff may be reached by
telephone at 301-443-3264, e-mail: Remy.Aronoff@hrsa.hhs.gov or in
writing at the address provided below. Management and support services
for ACBSCT functions are provided by the Division of Transplantation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 12C-06,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone number 301-443-7577.
After the presentations and Council discussions, members of the
public will have an opportunity to provide comments. Because of the
Council's full agenda and the timeframe in which to cover the agenda
topics, public comment will be limited. All public comments will be
included in the record of the ACBSCT meeting. Meeting summary notes
will be made available on the HRSA's Program Web site at http://
bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov/ABOUT/Advisory_Council/index.html.
Dated: October 28, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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