[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52781-52782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18734]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2022-0103]


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), located within the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 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.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 1, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., EDT and September 2, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 
EDT (dates and times subject to change, see the ACIP website for 
updates http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html). The meeting will 
be webcast live via the World Wide Web. Written comments must be 
received on or before September 2, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0103, 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, GA 30329-4027, Attn: September 1-2, 
2022, ACIP Meeting.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Thomas, ACIP Committee 
Management Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027; Telephone: 404-639-8367; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), less 
than 15 calendar days' notice is being given for this meeting due to 
the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly 
evolving COVID-19 vaccine development and regulatory processes. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that COVID-19 is 
a Public Health Emergency. A notice of this Advisory Committee on 
Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting has also been posted on CDC's 
ACIP website at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html. In 
addition, CDC has sent notice of this ACIP meeting by email to those 
who subscribe to receive email updates about ACIP.
    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 
use of COVID-19 vaccines booster doses. A recommendation vote(s) is 
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/index.html.
    The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web; for more 
information on ACIP, visit the ACIP website: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.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

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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 September 2, 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 during the September 1-2, 2022, ACIP meeting 
must submit a request at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/ no 
later than 11:59 p.m. EDT, August 30, 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 by email on August 31, 2022, 
regarding their request to speak. To accommodate the significant 
interest in participation in the oral public comment session of ACIP 
meetings, each speaker will be limited to three 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.
[FR Doc. 2022-18734 Filed 8-25-22; 4:15 pm]
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