[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05901]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that a virtual meeting of the Federal 
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs 
will be held on Monday, April 19-Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The meeting 
sessions will begin and end as follow:

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               Date:                   Time  (Eastern Standard  Time):
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April 19, 2021....................  8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
April 20, 2021....................  8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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    The virtual meeting sessions are open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on VA's prosthetics programs designed to provide state-of-the-
art prosthetics and the associated rehabilitation research, 
development, and evaluation of such technology. The Committee also 
provides advice to the Secretary on special-disabilities programs, 
which are defined as any program administered by the Secretary to serve 
Veterans with spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual impairments, 
loss of extremities or loss of function, deafness or hearing 
impairment, and other serious incapacities in terms of daily life 
functions.
    On April 19, 2021 the Committee will convene open virtual sessions 
on Overview of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; Subcommittees for 
Neurology Centers of Excellence; Office of Community Care; Office of 
Workforce Management and Consulting; Chiropractic Care; and Spinal Cord 
Injury and Disorders System of Care.
    On April 20, 2021, the Committee members will convene open virtual 
sessions on Amputation System of Care; Physical Medicine and 
Rehabilitation; Polytrauma System of Care; and Clinical Orthotic and 
Prosthetic Services.
    No time will be allocated at this virtual meeting for receiving 
oral presentations from the public. The public may submit 1-2-page 
summaries of their written statements for the Committee's review. 
Public comments may be received no later than April 12, 2021 for 
inclusion in the official meeting record. Please send these comments to 
Judy Schafer, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, Rehabilitation and 
Prosthetic Services, Veterans Health Administration, at 
[email protected].
    Members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the agenda, 
should contact Judy Schafer, Ph.D. at [email protected], and provide 
your name, professional affiliation, email address, and phone number. 
For any members of the public that wish to attend virtually, they may 
use the WebEx link: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=m836b800432e2508ad12266e68456790e, meeting number (access 
code) 1994713739; meeting password: uUtAMZ6i@24' audio only: 
404.397.1596/1994713739##. Real time closed captioning will be 
available.

    Dated: March 17, 2021.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05901 Filed 3-22-21; 8:45 am]
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