[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 43094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17830]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT).
    Date and Time: August 28, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Time.
    Place: Rockville Hilton Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
MD 20852.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: 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.
    Agenda: The Committee will hear reports including those from the 
three ACOT Work Groups: Declining Rates of Donation/Geographical and 
Other Variations in Organ Distribution, Alignment of CMS Regulatory 
Requirements with OPTN and HRSA, and Brain Death Determination. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities indicate.
    After Committee discussion, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to comment. Because of the Committee's full agenda and 
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. Meeting summary notes will be posted on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation/advisory.html#meetings.
    The draft meeting agenda will be posted on https://www.team-psa.com/ACOT/Summer2012/. In order to register for this meeting, 
please visit the Meeting Registration Page. The deadline to register 
is August 13, 2012. For all logistical questions and concerns, 
please contact Brittany Carey of PSA at 703-889-9033 or 
[email protected].
    Public Comment: Persons interested in providing an oral 
presentation should submit a written request, along with a copy of 
their presentation to: Passy Tongele, DoT, Healthcare Systems Bureau 
(HSB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Room 
12C-06, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email at 
[email protected]. Requests should contain the name, address, 
telephone number, email address, and any business or professional 
affiliation of the person desiring to make an oral presentation. 
Groups having similar interests are requested to combine their 
comments and present them through a single representative.
    The allocation of time may be adjusted to accommodate the level 
of expressed interest. Persons who do not file an advance request 
for a presentation, but desire to make an oral statement, may 
request it at the time of the public comment period. Public 
participation and ability to comment will be limited to space and 
time as it permits.
    For Further Information Contact: Patricia Stroup, Executive 
Secretary, ACOT, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-06, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857; telephone (301) 443-1127.

    Dated: July 13, 2012.
Jennifer Riggle,
Deputy Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-17830 Filed 7-20-12; 8:45 am]
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