[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 86 (Monday, May 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26473-26474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09403]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2020-0049]


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the 
following meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 
(ACIP). This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the 
availability of telephone ports and webinar capacity. Time will be 
available for public comment. For 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 24, 2020, 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
EDT.
    Written comments must be received on or before June 25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0049 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Stephanie Thomas, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS A-27, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027, 
Attn: June ACIP Meeting
    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 https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov. 
Written public comments submitted by 72 hours prior to the ACIP meeting 
will be provided to ACIP members before the meeting.

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. 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 consider all comments submitted into the docket.
    Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of 
the public to make 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. 
All individuals interested in requesting to make an oral public comment 
must 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 http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/ no later than 11:59 p.m., 
EDT, June 10, 2020 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 12, 2020. 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 25, 2020.
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) Vaccines, influenza vaccines, and meningococcal 
vaccines.

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A recommendation vote is scheduled for influenza vaccines and a VFC 
vote is schedule for meningococcal 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 Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of 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.

    Dated: April 28, 2020.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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