[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8852-8853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research 
Protections

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act notice is hereby given that the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold a meeting that will be 
open to the public. Information about SACHRP, the full meeting agenda, 
and instructions for linking to public access will be posted on the 
SACHRP website

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at http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 11:00 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Friday, March 11, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. until 
4:30 p.m. (times are tentative and subject to change). The confirmed 
times and agenda will be posted on the SACHRP website when this 
information becomes available.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held via webcast. Members of the public 
may also attend the meeting via webcast. Instructions for attending via 
webcast will be posted one week prior to the meeting at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive 
Director, SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 
Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone: 240-
453-8141; fax: 240-453-6909; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, 
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, SACHRP was 
established to provide expert advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the 
protection of human research subjects.
    The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS) was established by SACHRP in 
October 2006 and is charged with developing recommendations for 
consideration by SACHRP regarding the application of subpart A of 45 
CFR part 46 in the current research environment.
    The Subcommittee on Harmonization (SOH) was established by SACHRP 
at its July 2009 meeting and charged with identifying and prioritizing 
areas in which regulations and/or guidelines for human subjects 
research adopted by various agencies or offices within HHS would 
benefit from harmonization, consistency, clarity, simplification and/or 
coordination.
    The SACHRP meeting will open to the public at 11:00 a.m., on 
Thursday, March 10, 2022, followed by opening remarks from Dr. Jerry 
Menikoff, Director of OHRP and Dr. Douglas Diekema, SACHRP Chair. The 
meeting will begin with discussion of new draft recommendations on 
ethical and regulatory considerations for the use of artificial 
intelligence in human subjects research, followed by a presentation of 
draft recommendations on the risks for third parties involved in 
research, and finally draft recommendations for the Request for 
Information currently open for the National Institutes of Health's 
Genomic Data Sharing Policy. The second day, March 11, will include 
consideration of the current HHS policy of engagement and the 
interpretation of HHS support in 45 CFR 46, and continue discussion of 
topics from the first day's agenda. Other topics may be added; for the 
full and updated meeting agenda, see http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html. The meeting will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. 
March 11th, 2022.
    The public will have an opportunity to send comment to the SACHRP 
during the meeting's public comment session or to submit written public 
comment in advance. Individuals submitting written statements as public 
comment should submit their comments to SACHRP at [email protected] by 
midnight March 4th, 2022, ET. Comments are limited to three minutes 
each.
    Time will be allotted for public comment on both days. Note that 
public comment must be relevant to topics currently being addressed by 
the SACHRP.

    Dated: January 31, 2022.
Julia G. Gorey,
Executive Director, SACHRP, Office for Human Research Protections.
[FR Doc. 2022-03370 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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