[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 190 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 56832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22821]



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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.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ 
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 
fourteenth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation 
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will 
be held from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 13, 2008, 
and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 14, 2008, at the Hilton 
Washington DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 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. 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 on the Report on New York State 
Transplant Council's Committee on Quality Improvement in Living Kidney 
Donation; Organ Procurement Organization Quality Assessment/
Performance; Status of OPTN Living Donor Follow Up; Risks for Disease 
Transmission; Factors Affecting Future Donor Potential; Reimbursement 
and the Changing Nature of the Donor Pool; Projected Growth in End-
Stage Renal Disease and Implications for Future Demand for Kidney 
Transplants; Economic Impact of Transplantation; and Briefing on OPTN 
White Paper on Charges for Pancreata Recovered for Islet 
Transplantation. The three ACOT work groups also will update the full 
Committee on their deliberations on living donor advocacy and post-
donation complications, sources of funding for additional data 
collection, and reducing pediatric deaths on the waitlist.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on October 31 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form will be available on or about October 15. 
Registration can be completed electronically at http://www.team-psa.com/dot/acot2008/. Registration also can be completed through 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 Sowjanya 
Kotakonda with PSA at (703) 234-1737. 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 Secretary, Remy Aronoff, in advance of the meeting. Mr. 
Aronoff may be reached by telephone at 301-443-3300, e-mail: 
[email protected] or in writing at the address 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 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: September 23, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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