[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 60877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announce the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates:
    8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m., October 23, 2013.
    8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., October 24, 2013.
    Place: CDC, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 
Clifton Road NE., Building 19, Kent ``Oz'' Nelson Auditorium, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
Meeting is webcast live via the World Wide Web; for instructions and 
more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html.
    Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, 
under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the committee is mandated to establish and 
periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines 
for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines 
for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding the 
appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications applicable to 
the vaccines. Further, under provisions of the Affordable Care Act, 
at section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, immunization 
recommendations of the ACIP that have been adopted by the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must be covered by 
applicable health plans.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include discussions on: 
child/adolescent immunization schedule, adult immunization schedule, 
meningococcal vaccines, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, herpes 
zoster vaccine, tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine, 
yellow fever vaccine, global immunization update, human 
papillomavirus vaccines, general recommendations on immunizations, 
and influenza. Recommendation votes are scheduled for child/
adolescent immunization schedule, adult immunization schedule, and 
meningococcal vaccines. Time will be available for public comment.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person For More Information: Felicia Betancourt, 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, 1600 
Clifton Road NE., MS-A27, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-
8836; Email [email protected].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-24068 Filed 10-1-13; 8:45 am]
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