[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48440-48441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19112]


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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: September 4, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
(Eastern Standard Time).
    Place: The meeting will be via audio conference call and Adobe 
Connect Pro.
    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, 
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 serve 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, and economics and statistics; as 
well as being representatives of transplant candidates, transplant 
recipients, organ donors, and family members.
    Agenda: The Committee will hear presentations, including those 
from the following ACOT Work Groups: Kidney Paired Donation; 
Research Barriers; and Alignment of CMS Regulatory Requirements with 
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Health 
Resources and Services Administration. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    After Committee discussions, 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 http://www.blsmeetings.net/ACOT/. Those participating in this meeting 
should register by visiting http://www.blsmeetings.net/ACOT/. The 
deadline to register for this meeting is Tuesday, September 3, 2013. 
For all logistical questions and concerns, please contact Sydney 
Vranna, Conference Planner, at [email protected] (or by 
phone at (301) 577-0244, extension 2800).

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    The public can join the meeting by:
    1. (Audio Portion) Calling the Conference Phone Number (800-857-
9638) and providing the Participant Code (75841); and
    2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the ACOT Adobe Connect Pro 
Meeting using the following URL and entering as GUEST: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/advcmt_orgtrans/ (copy and paste the link 
into your browser if it does not work directly, and enter as a 
guest). Participants should call and connect 15 minutes prior to the 
meeting for logistics to be set up. If you have never attended an 
Adobe Connect meeting, please test your connection using the 
following URL: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and get a quick overview by following URL: 
http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview. Call (301) 443-0437 or 
send an email to [email protected] if you are having trouble 
connecting to the meeting site.
    Public Comment: It is preferred that persons interested in 
providing an oral presentation submit a written request, along with 
a copy of their presentation to: Passy Tongele, MBA, Division of 
Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 12C-06, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857 or email at [email protected]. Requests should 
contain 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 during the public comment period. Public participation 
and ability to comment will be limited to time as it permits.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive 
Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-06, Rockville, Maryland 
20857; telephone (301) 443-1127.

    Dated: August 1, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-19112 Filed 8-7-13; 8:45 am]
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