[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 20938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07476]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities 
Programs; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), that a virtual 
meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-
Disabilities Programs will be held on Monday, May 23-Tuesday, May 24, 
2022. The meeting sessions will begin and end as follows:

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                Date:                    Time (eastern standard time):
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May 23, 2022........................  9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
May 24, 2022........................  9:00 a.m.-1:30 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 May 23, 2022, the Committee will convene open virtual sessions 
on Overview of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; Chiropractic Care; 
and Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders System of Care. The Committee will 
also hear greeting from Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Senior 
Leadership on the Secretary's priorities.
    On May 24, 2022, the Committee members will convene open virtual 
sessions on Clinical Orthotic and Prosthetic Services; Physical 
Medicine and Rehabilitation; Polytrauma System of Care; and Amputation 
System of Care.
    No time will be allocated at this virtual meeting for receiving 
oral presentations from the public. However, 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 May 16, 2022, for 
inclusion in the official meeting record. Please send these comments to 
Dr. Lauren Racoosin, Designated Federal Officer, Rehabilitation and 
Prosthetic Services, Veterans Health Administration, at 
[email protected].
    Members of the public should contact Dr. Lauren Racoosin, at 
[email protected], and provide your name, professional 
affiliation, email address, and phone number, who wish to obtain a copy 
of the agenda. 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=mcbf371e6df08d87e4d6d66c350a60c73, meeting number (access 
code) 2761 941 8151; meeting password: urNYcxs3@86 audio only: 
404.397.1596/27619418151##. Real time closed captioning will be 
available.

    Dated: April 4, 2022.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-07476 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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