[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4889-4890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01820]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2022-0015]


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 February 23-24, 2022, from 10:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST (times subject to change). Written comments must 
be received on or before February 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0015 by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 
Clifton Road NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027, Attn: 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 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, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, Georgia 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 CDC Director and appear on CDC immunization 
schedules must be covered by applicable health plans.
    Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on, 
hepatitis B vaccines, influenza vaccines, pneumococcal vaccine, cholera 
vaccine, human papillomavirus vaccine, MMR vaccine, respiratory 
syncytial virus vaccine, and tickborne encephalitis vaccine. 
Recommendation votes on cholera vaccine and tickborne encephalitis 
vaccine are scheduled. No Vaccines for Children (VFC) votes are 
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.

Public Participation

    Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by 
submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Please note that 
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.
    Written Public Comment: Written comments must be received on or 
before February 24, 2022.
    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 February 23-24, 2022, ACIP meeting must 
submit a request at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/

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acip/meetings/ no later than 11:59 p.m., EST, February 21, 2022, 
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 February 22, 2022. 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.
    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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