[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14377-14378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07064]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2019-0028]


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Notice of 
Meeting and Request for Comment

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Immunization Practices (ACIP). This meeting is open to the public, 
limited only by room seating. The meeting room accommodates 216 for 
public seating. Room 245, adjacent to the meeting

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room, will be available once the meeting room reaches capacity, 
providing up to 18 additional seats. Time will be available for public 
comment. The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web; for 
meeting registration and more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP 
website: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 26, 2019 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
and June 27, 2019 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT. Written comments must be 
received on or before June 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0028 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Rd. NE, Mailstop A-27, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received in conformance with 
the https://www.regulations.gov/ suitability policy will be posted 
without change to http://regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Written public comments submitted by 72 hours prior to the ACIP meeting 
will be provided to the ACIP members before the meeting.
    Meeting location: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Road NE, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, Building 19, 
Kent `Oz' Nelson Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Thomas, ACIP Committee 
Management Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, telephone 404-639-8367, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC, 
on the use 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 dosing interval, dosage, and 
contraindications to administration of vaccines. Further, under 
provisions of the Affordable Care Act, section 2713 of the Public 
Health Service Act, immunization recommendations of the ACIP that have 
been approved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and appear on CDC immunization schedules must be covered by 
applicable health plans.

Public Participation

    Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by 
submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Please note that 
comments received, including attachments and other supporting 
materials, are part of the public record and are subject to public 
disclosure. Comments will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov. 
Therefore, do not include any information in your comment or supporting 
materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public 
disclosure. If you include your name, contact information or other 
information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that 
information will be on public display. CDC will review all submissions 
and may choose to redact or withhold, submissions containing private or 
proprietary information such as Social Security numbers, medical 
information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near duplicate 
examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully review and 
consider all comments submitted to the docket.
    Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of 
the public to make an in-person oral comment. Oral public comment will 
occur before any scheduled votes including all votes relevant to the 
ACIP's Affordable Care Act and Vaccines for Children Program roles. 
Priority will be given to individuals who submit a request to make an 
oral public comment before the meeting according to the procedures 
below. On-site, in-person registration for oral public comment at the 
meeting will only be available if there is time remaining in the oral 
public comment session after all individuals who submitted a request to 
make an oral comment before the meeting have had an opportunity to 
speak. There is no guarantee there will be an opportunity for on-site, 
in-person registration for oral public comment, and all individuals 
interested in requesting to make an oral public comment are strongly 
encouraged to submit a request according to the instructions below.
    Procedure for Oral Public Comment: All persons interested in making 
an oral public comment at the June ACIP meeting must submit a request 
at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/ no later than 11:59 
p.m., EDT, June 12, 2019 according to the instructions provided.
    If the number of persons requesting to speak is greater than can be 
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled time, CDC will conduct a 
lottery to determine the speakers for each scheduled public comment 
session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding their request to 
speak by email by June 14, 2019. To accommodate the significant 
interest in participation in the oral public comment session of ACIP 
meetings, each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes, and each speaker 
may only speak once per meeting.
    Written Public Comment: Written comments must be received on or 
before June 29, 2019.
    Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
human papillomavirus vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, influenza 
vaccines, meningococcal vaccines, hepatitis A vaccines, combination 
vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis; Haemophilus influenzae 
type b, hepatitis B, polio) dengue vaccine, pertussis vaccines, and 
herpes zoster vaccine. A recommendation vote is scheduled for human 
papillomavirus vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, influenza vaccines, 
meningococcal vaccines, and hepatitis vaccines. A Vaccines for Children 
recommendation vote is scheduled for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis 
vaccines, Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines, polio vaccines, 
hepatitis B vaccines, influenza vaccines, meningococcal vaccines, and 
hepatitis A vaccines. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate. For more information on the meeting agenda visit https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/meetings-info.html.
    The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 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.

Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-07064 Filed 4-9-19; 8:45 am]
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