[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1643-1644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00322]


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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: January 27, 2015, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 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. Section 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, 
economics and statistics, as well as representatives of transplant 
candidates, transplant recipients, organ donors, and family members.
    Agenda: The Committee will hear presentations including those on 
the following topics: Kidney Paired Donation, Vascularized Composite 
Allografts; the HOPE Act; and recommendations sent to the Secretary. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities indicate.
    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 Department's organ 
donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/legislation/advisory.html#meetings.
    The draft meeting agenda will be posted on www.blsmeetings.net/ACOT. Those participating in this meeting should register by visiting 
www.blsmeetings.net/ACOT. The deadline to register for this meeting is 
Monday, January 26, 2015. For all logistical questions and concerns, 
please contact Anita Allen, Seamon Corporation at 301-658-3442 or send 
an email to [email protected].
    The public can join the meeting by:
    1. (Audio Portion) Calling the Conference Phone Number (888-324-
4391) and providing the Participant Code (2426); and
    2. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the ACOT Adobe Connect Pro 
Meeting using the following URL and entering as GUEST:
https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/acot1/ (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 email a written request, along with a 
copy of their presentation, to Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive 
Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 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 
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

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Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W65, Rockville, Maryland 
20857; telephone (301) 443-1127.

Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2015-00322 Filed 1-12-15; 8:45 am]
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