[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29218-29219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13213]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership To Serve on the
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be
considered for appointment as members of the Advisory Committee on
Organ Transplantation (ACOT). ACOT shall: (1) Advise the Secretary,
acting through the HRSA Administrator, on all aspects of organ
donation, procurement, allocation, and transplantation, and on such
other matters that the Secretary determines; (2) advise the Secretary
on federal efforts to maximize the number of deceased donor organs made
available for transplantation and to support the safety of living organ
donation; (3) at the request of the Secretary, review significant
proposed Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policies
submitted for the Secretary's approval to recommend whether they should
be made enforceable; and (4) provide expert input to the Secretary on
the latest advances in the science of
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transplantation, the OPTN's system of collecting, disseminating, and
ensuring the validity, accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness of data,
and additional medical, public health, patient safety, ethical, legal,
financial coverage, social science, and socioeconomic issues that are
relevant to transplantation.
Authority: As provided by 42 CFR 121.12, the Secretary established
ACOT. ACOT is governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA; 5
U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and
use of advisory committees.
DATES: Written nominations for membership on the ACOT will be received
continuously.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages must be submitted to the Executive
Secretary, ACOT, Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, Room 08W60, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Federal Express, Airborne,
UPS, etc., mail delivery should be addressed to Executive Secretary,
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau,
HRSA, at the above address, or sent via email to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Executive Secretary,
ACOT, at (301) 443-6839 or email [email protected]. A copy of the ACOT
charter and list of current membership may be accessed through the ACOT
website at https://www.organdonor.gov/about-dot/acot.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACOT was established by the Amended Final
Rule of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) (42
CFR part 121) and, by Public Law 92-463, was chartered on September 1,
2000. ACOT meets up to three times during the fiscal year.
Nominations: HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members to
serve as Special Government Employees (SGEs) on ACOT. The Secretary
appoints ACOT SGEs with the expertise needed to fulfill the duties of
the committee. HRSA is seeking nominees knowledgeable in such fields as
deceased and living 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. HRSA is also seeking transplant candidates, transplant
recipients, living organ donors, and family members of deceased and
living organ donors to serve as members. SGEs shall not serve while
they are also serving on the OPTN Board of Directors. Interested
applicants may self-nominate or be nominated by another individual or
organization.
Individuals selected for appointment to ACOT will be invited to
serve for up-to 4 years. Members appointed as SGEs receive a stipend
and reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred for
attending ACOT meetings and/or conducting other business on behalf of
ACOT, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703 of the Federal Travel Regulation
for persons employed intermittently in government service.
The following information must be included in the package of
materials submitted for each individual being nominated for
consideration: (1) A letter of nomination stating the name,
affiliation, and contact information for the nominee, the basis for the
nomination (i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills
does the individual possess that would benefit the workings of ACOT),
and the nominee's field(s) of expertise; (2) a biographical sketch of
the nominee; (3) the name, address, daytime telephone number, and email
address at which the nominator can be contacted; and (4) a current copy
of the nominee's curriculum vitae. Nomination packages may be submitted
directly by the individual being nominated or by the person/
organization recommending the candidate.
HRSA will try to ensure that ACOT membership of is balanced in
terms of points of view represented. Accordingly, the Agency will
consider for membership individuals from broad and diverse backgrounds,
representing various geographic areas, gender, ethnic, and minority
groups, as well as individuals with disabilities. Appointments shall be
made without discrimination on the basis of age, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, or cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status.
Individuals selected to be considered for appointment will be
required to provide detailed information regarding their financial
holdings, consultancies, and research grants or contracts. Disclosure
of this information is required for HRSA ethics officials to determine
whether there is a conflict between the SGE's public duties as a member
of ACOT and their private interests, including an appearance of a loss
of impartiality as defined by federal laws and regulations, and to
identify any required remedial action needed to address the potential
conflict.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-13213 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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