[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18407-18408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the 
eighth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation 
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will 
be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 9, 2005, and from 
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 10, 2005, at the Rockville DoubleTree Hotel, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The meeting will be 
open to the public; however, seating is limited and pre-registration is 
encouraged (see below).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 
217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 
CFR 121.12 (2000), ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in 
enhancing organ donation, ensuring that the system of organ 
transplantation is grounded in the best available medical science, and 
assuring the public that the system is as effective and equitable as 
possible, and, thereby, increasing public confidence in the integrity 
and effectiveness of the transplantation system. ACOT is composed of up 
to 25 members, including the Chair. Members are serving as Special 
Government Employees and have diverse backgrounds in fields such as 
organ donation, health care public policy, transplantation medicine and 
surgery, critical care medicine and other medical specialties involved 
in the identification and referral of donors, non-physician transplant 
professions, nursing, epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics, 
behavioral sciences, economics and statistics, as well as 
representatives of transplant candidates, transplant recipients, organ 
donors, and family members.
    ACOT will hear presentations from staff of the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CMS Organ Procurement Organization 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Transplant Center Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking. The presentations may include a discussion and 
summary of the comments received during the 60-day public comment 
period which began February 4.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on April 15 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form will be available on March 15 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.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. Individuals 
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Bryan 
Slattery with PSA at (703) 234-1734. 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, Thomas E. Balbier, Jr., in advance of the 
meeting. Mr. Balbier may

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be reached by telephone at 301-443-1896, e-mail: 
[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, 
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 from CMS and ACOT discussions, members of 
the public will have an opportunity to provide comments. Because of the 
Committee'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 ACOT meeting.

    Dated: April 5, 2005.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-7160 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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