[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4160-15-P