[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10703-10704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03695]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research 
Protections

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby given that the Secretary's 
Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold a 
meeting that will be open to the public. Information about SACHRP and 
the full meeting agenda will be posted on the SACHRP website at: http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, from 11 
a.m. until 4 p.m., and Thursday, March 12, 2020, from 11 a.m. until 4 
p.m. (times are tentative and subject to change). The confirmed times 
and agenda will be posted at https://cms-drupal-hhs-ohrp-prod.cloud.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html when this 
information becomes available.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held via webcast. Members of the public 
may also attend the meeting via webcast. Instructions for attending via 
webcast will be posted about one week prior to the meeting at https://cms-drupal-hhs-ohrp-prod.cloud.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive 
Director, SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 
Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone: 240-
453-8141; fax: 240-453-6909; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, 
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, SACHRP was 
established to provide expert advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the 
protection of human research subjects.
    The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS) was established by SACHRP in 
October 2006 and is charged with developing recommendations for 
consideration by SACHRP regarding the application of subpart A of 45 
CFR part 46 in the current research environment.
    The Subcommittee on Harmonization (SOH) was established by SACHRP 
at its July 2009 meeting and charged with identifying and prioritizing 
areas in which regulations and/or guidelines for human subjects 
research adopted by various agencies or offices within HHS would 
benefit from harmonization, consistency, clarity, simplification and/or 
coordination.
    The SACHRP meeting will open to the public at 11 a.m., on 
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, followed by opening remarks from Dr. Jerry 
Menikoff, Director of OHRP and Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld, SACHRP Chair. The 
meeting will focus on regulatory and ethical issues surrounding 
Deceased Donor Intervention Research, with a particular focus on 
recipient informed consent. An additional agenda topic will be a 
discussion of ethical and regulatory issues surrounding re-consent of 
subjects for humans subjects research. Other topics will be addressed. 
For the full meeting agenda, see https://cms-drupal-hhs-ohrp-prod.cloud.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html
    The public will have an opportunity to comment to the SACHRP during 
the meeting's public comment session or by

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submitting written public comment. Persons who wish to provide public 
comment should review instructions at https://cms-drupal-hhs-ohrp-prod.cloud.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html and 
respond by midnight Wednesday, March 4, 2020, ET. Individuals 
submitting written statements as public comment should submit their 
comments to SACHRP at [email protected]. Verbal comments will be limited 
to three minutes each.
    Time will be allotted for public comment on both days. Note that 
public comment must be relevant to topics currently being addressed by 
the SACHRP.

    Dated: February 6, 2020.
Julia G. Gorey,
Executive Director, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research 
Protections.
[FR Doc. 2020-03695 Filed 2-24-20; 8:45 am]
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