[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 59165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21073]


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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, October 25-Tuesday, 
October 26, 2022. The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held in-person 
at VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC, Room 230, 
and virtually via WebEx. The meeting sessions will begin, and end as 
follows:

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                                               Time (eastern standard
                   Date:                               time):
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October 25, 2022..........................  9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
October 26, 2022..........................  9:00 a.m.-1:00 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 October 25, 2022, the Committee will convene open (hybrid) 
sessions on Recreation Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy Service, 
National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events, Prosthetic and 
Sensory Aids Service, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, 
and the Office of Integrated Veterans Care.
    On October 26, 2022, the Committee members will convene open 
(hybrid) sessions on Audiology and Speech Pathology Service and Blind 
Rehabilitation Service.
    No time will be allocated at this meeting for receiving oral 
presentations from the public. However, the public may submit written 
statements for the Committee's review. Public comments may be received 
no later than October 17, 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 and provide your name, professional 
affiliation, email address, and phone number, who wish to obtain a copy 
of the agenda. Any member of the public wishing to attend or seeking 
additional information should contact Dr. Racoosin. To attend the 
meeting, please join the WebEx link below: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=m326ad3b10acfa27572452e9d1c6e1401AudioOnly404.397.1596/ 
Access Code 2761 980 5183

    Dated: September 23, 2022.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-21073 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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