[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 183 (Monday, September 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59317-59318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20705]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2020-0100]


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 and 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. Time will be available for 
public comment. The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide 
Web.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 28-29, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m., EDT (times subject to change).
    Written comments must be received on or before October 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: For more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP website: 
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-0100 by 
any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Docket No. CDC-2020-0100, c/o Attn: October ACIP 
Meeting, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027.
    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.

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, MS-H24-8, 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.
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
COVID-19 vaccines, CDC immunization schedules, seasonal influenza 
vaccines, pneumococcal vaccines, orthopoxvirus vaccine, dengue vaccine, 
recombinant zoster vaccine, rabies vaccines, and tickborne encephalitis 
vaccine. A recommendation vote on the CDC immunization schedules is 
scheduled. 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.
    Meeting Information: The meeting will be webcast live via the World 
Wide Web; for more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP website: 
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html.

Public Participation

    Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by 
submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Comments received 
are part of the public record and are subject to public disclosure. 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

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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. CDC does not accept comment by 
email.
    Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of 
the public to make an 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.
    Procedure for Oral Public Comment: All persons interested in making 
an oral public comment at the October ACIP meeting must submit a 
request at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/ no later than 
11:59 p.m., EDT, October 21, 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 the scheduled public comment 
session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding their request to 
speak by email by October 22, 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 October 29, 2020. Written public comments submitted by 72 hours 
prior to the ACIP meeting will be provided to ACIP members before the 
meeting.
    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.

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