[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 51227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21016]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that a meeting and site visit of the 
Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs will be held on Tuesday, October 22--Wednesday, October 23, 
2019, at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20420, in conference room 630. The meeting sessions will begin and end 
as follow:

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                   Date                                 Time
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October 22, 2019..........................  8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
October 23, 2019..........................  8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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    The meeting sessions are open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the-
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research, 
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also 
provides advice to the Secretary on special-disabilities programs, 
which are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve 
Veterans with spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments, 
loss of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing 
impairment, and other serious incapacities in terms of daily life 
functions.
    On October 22, 2019, the Committee will convene open sessions on 
Ethics; Establishment of New Subcommittees; MISSION Act Update; VHA 
Modernization Update; Chiropractic Care; and Clinical Orthotic and 
Prosthetic Services. On October 23, 2019, the Committee members convene 
open sessions on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Polytrauma/
Amputation System of Care; Blind Rehabilitation Service; and Spinal 
Cord Injury and Disorders System of Care.
    No time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the 
public; however, members of the public may direct questions or submit 
written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the 
meeting to Judy Schafer, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, 
Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services (10P4R), Patient Care Services, 
Veterans Health Administration, VA, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20420, or by email at [email protected]. Because the meeting is 
being held in a Government building, a photo I.D. must be presented at 
the Guard's Desk as a part of the clearance process. Therefore, you 
should allow an additional 30 minutes before the meeting begins. Any 
member of the public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Dr. 
Schafer at (202) 461-7315.

    Dated: September 24, 2019.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-21016 Filed 9-26-19; 8:45 am]
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