[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 173 (Friday, September 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55304-55305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19644]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Charter Renewal for the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 
HHS is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation (ACOT) has been renewed. The effective date of the 
renewed charter is August 31, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Walsh, Designated Federal 
Officer, HRSA Division of

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Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 08W60, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-6839; or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACOT provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on all aspects of organ donation, 
procurement, allocation, and transplantation, and on such other matters 
that the Secretary determines. ACOT is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 217a; 
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended; 42 CFR 
121.12.
    The Committee is governed by provisions of the FACA, Public Law 92-
463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth standards for the formation of 
advisory committees. The recommendations of the ACOT inform HHS 
programs and activities to support organ donation and transplantation. 
ACOT's recent recommendations in support of expanding reimbursement of 
living organ donor expenses were cited as a key part of the rationale 
for recent proposed HHS actions to expand this activity consistent with 
the President's Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health. 
The charter renewal for the ACOT was approved on August 31, 2020, which 
will also stand as the filing date. Renewal of the ACOT charter gives 
authorization for the committee to operate until August 31, 2022.
    A copy of the ACOT charter is available on the ACOT website at 
https://www.organdonor.gov/about-dot/acot.html. A copy of the charter 
also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is maintained 
by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General Services 
Administration. The website address for the FACA database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-19644 Filed 9-3-20; 8:45 am]
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