[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3523]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 100

RIN 0907-AA


National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to the 
Vaccine Injury Table

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a public hearing to receive 
information and views on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 
entitled ``National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to 
the Vaccine Injury Table.''
    Date and Time: The public hearing will be held on March 4, 2011, 
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Place: The public hearing will be held in Conference Room G in the 
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division 
of Vaccine Injury Compensation, at 301-443-6593 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 
1986, Title III of Public Law 99-660, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300aa-10 et 
seq.), established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
(VICP) for persons found to be injured by vaccines. The Secretary has 
taken the necessary initial steps to transfer four vaccines covered 
under the VICP from the provisional category in the Vaccine Injury 
Table to their own separate categories, with no associated injuries.
    These proposed changes would not change the rights of any current 
or potential VICP petitioners.
    The NPRM was published in the Federal Register, September 13, 2010: 
75 FR 55503. The public comment period closes March 14, 2011.
    A public hearing will be held during the 180-day public comment 
period. This hearing is to provide an open forum for the presentation 
of information and views concerning all aspects of the NPRM by 
interested persons.
    In preparing a final regulation, the Secretary will consider the 
administrative record of this hearing along with all other written 
comments received during the comment period specified in the NPRM. 
Individuals or representatives of interested organizations are invited 
to participate in the public hearing in accord with the schedule and 
procedures set forth below.
    The hearing will be held on March 4, 2011, beginning at 11:30 a.m. 
in Conference Room G in the Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Upon entering the Parklawn Building, persons 
who wish to attend the hearing will be required to call Mr. Mario 
Lombre at (301) 443-3196 to be escorted to Conference Room G.
    The presiding officer representing the Secretary, HHS will be Dr. 
Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, 
Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), Health Resources and Services 
Administration.
    Persons who wish to participate are requested to file a notice of 
participation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on 
or before March 1, 2011. The notice should be mailed to the Division of 
Vaccine Injury Compensation, HSB, Room 11C-26, Parklawn Building, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. To ensure timely handling any 
outer envelope should be clearly marked ``NPRM Hearing.'' The notice of 
participation should contain the interested person's name, address, e-
mail address, telephone number, any business or organizational 
affiliation of the person desiring to make a presentation, a brief 
summary of the presentation, and the approximate time requested for the 
presentation. Groups that have similar interests should consolidate 
their comments as part of one presentation. Time available for the 
hearing will be allocated among the persons who properly file notices 
of participation. If time permits, interested parties attending the 
hearing who did not submit notice of participation in advance will be 
allowed to make an oral presentation at the conclusion of the hearing.
    Persons who find that there is insufficient time to submit the 
required information in writing may give oral notice of participation 
by calling Dr. Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division of Vaccine Injury 
Compensation, at (301) 443-6593 no later than March 1, 2011. Those 
persons who give oral notice of participation should also submit 
written notice containing the information described above to HHS by the 
close of business March 2, 2011.
    After reviewing the notices of participation and accompanying 
information, HHS will schedule each appearance and notify each 
participant by mail, e-mail or telephone of the time allotted to the 
person(s) and the approximate time the person's oral presentation is 
scheduled to begin.
    Written comments and transcripts of the hearing will be made 
available for public inspection as soon as they have been prepared, on 
weekdays (Federal holidays excepted) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 
5 p.m. at the Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Room 
11C-26, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857.

    Dated: February 10, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-3523 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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