[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00095]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in 
Newborns and Children

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 1111(g) of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice 
announces that the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in 
Newborns and Children (ACHDNC or Committee) has scheduled a public 
meeting to be held on Thursday, February 11, 2021, and Friday, February 
12, 2021. Information about the ACHDNC and the agenda for this meeting 
can be found on the ACHDNC website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/heritable-disorders/index.html.

DATES: Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
(ET), and Friday, February 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held via webinar. While this meeting is 
open to the public, advance registration is required. Please visit the 
ACHDNC website for information on registration: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/heritable-disorders/index.html. The deadline for 
registration is 12:00 p.m. ET on February 10, 2021. Instructions for 
accessing the meeting via webcast will be provided upon registration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alaina Harris, Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18W66, Rockville, Maryland 
20857; 301-443-0721; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACHDNC provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on the development of newborn 
screening activities, technologies, policies, guidelines, and programs 
for effectively reducing morbidity and mortality in newborns and 
children having, or at risk for, heritable disorders. The ACHDNC 
reviews and reports regularly on newborn and childhood screening 
practices, recommends improvements in the national newborn and 
childhood screening programs, and fulfills requirements stated in the 
authorizing legislation. In addition, ACHDNC's recommendations 
regarding inclusion of additional conditions for screening, following 
adoption by the Secretary, are evidence-informed preventive health 
services provided for in the comprehensive guidelines supported by HRSA 
through the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) pursuant to 
section 2713 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13). Under this provision, 
non-grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers 
offering group or individual health insurance are required to provide 
insurance coverage without cost-sharing (a co-payment, co-insurance, or 
deductible) for preventive services for plan years (i.e., policy years) 
beginning on or after the date that is one year from the Secretary's 
adoption of the condition for screening.
    During the February 11-12, 2021, meeting, ACHDNC will hear from 
experts in the fields of public health, medicine, heritable disorders, 
rare disorders, and newborn screening. Agenda items include the 
following:
    (1) A presentation on potential processes for reviewing conditions 
on the RUSP;
    (2) Potential revisions to the condition nomination form;
    (3) Continuity of operations planning (within the context of COVID-
19);
    (4) Innovations in long-term follow-up for conditions identified 
through newborn screening; and,
    (5) Workgroup updates.
    The agenda for this meeting does not include any plans for 
recommending a condition for inclusion in the RUSP. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate. Information about the ACHDNC, 
including a roster of members and past meeting summaries, are also 
available on the ACHDNC website.
    Members of the public also will have the opportunity to provide 
comments. Public participants may submit written statements in advance 
of the scheduled meeting. Oral comments will be taken in the order they 
are requested and may be limited as time allows. Requests to provide a 
written statement or make oral comments to the ACHDNC must be submitted 
via the registration website by Friday, February 5, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. 
ET.
    Individuals who need special assistance or another reasonable 
accommodation should notify Alaina Harris at the address and phone 
number listed above at least 10 business days prior to the meeting.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-00095 Filed 1-7-21; 8:45 am]
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