[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22432]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Forum on Liver Allocation and Patient Listing Criteria for 
Liver, Kidney, and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and opportunity to provide written 
comments and oral testimony.

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SUMMARY: On September 25-26, 1996, a public forum will be held as an 
adjunct to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) public comment 
process. This forum will provide an opportunity for presentation of 
public and professional testimony with regard to the proposed 
modifications to the current UNOS policy on allocation of livers and 
patient listing criteria for liver, kidney, and kidney/pancreas 
transplantation. UNOS is under contract with the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Bureau of Health Resources Development's 
Division of Transplantation to perform the requirements of the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
    Participants may present written comments and brief oral testimony 
on these proposals to a forum hearing panel. Selection of participants 
will be determined on the basis of achieving an appropriate balance of 
patient, public, and professional testimony within the available time. 
All individuals and organizations interested in presenting testimony 
who are not selected to participate in the forum may still provide 
written testimony which will be considered by the hearing panel.
    Interested participants should contact Douglas A. Heiney, Director, 
Department of Membership Services and Policy Development, United 
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and indicate on which of the following 
topic areas they will provide comment: (1) Proposed amended policy on 
allocation of livers; (2) standard minimum patient listing criteria for 
liver transplantation; and/or (3) standardized patient listing criteria 
for kidney transplantation and combined kidney-pancreas 
transplantation.
    Purpose: The meeting will provide a forum for presentation and 
discussion of proposed policy changes to the allocation of livers and 
patient listing criteria for transplantation.
    Contact: For more information, contact Douglas A. Heiney, Director, 
Department of Membership Services and Policy Development, UNOS, 1100 
Boulders Parkway, Suite 500, P.O. Box 13770, Richmond, VA 23225-8770. 
Telephone: (804) 330-8500 Fax: (804) 330-8517.
    Date and Time: September 25, 1996--10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. September 
26, 1996--10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
    Place: Airport Hilton Hotel, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, 
MO 63134 (314) 426-5500.

    Dated: August 27, 1996.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-22432 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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