[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9042]


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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 [email protected], 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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