[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42397-42398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14022]


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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: The Members of the National Council on Disability (NCD) 
will hold a two-day in-person Council meeting on Wednesday, July 12, 
2023, 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Thursday, July 
13, 2023, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., EDT.

PLACE: This meeting will occur at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, 
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. Attendees can use 
the accessible entrance to the hotel, located to the left of the main 
entrance and next to Caf[eacute] du Parc on Pennsylvania Avenue. The 
event will also be streamed live via Zoom videoconference for those not 
able to attend in person. Registration is not required. Details are 
available on NCD's event page at https://ncd.gov/events/2023/upcoming-council-meeting.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
    Day 1--Following welcome remarks and introductions, a panel will 
present on addressing health disparities through disability clinical 
care competency training; then a brief break; followed by a panel 
discussion regarding responding to health disparities of people with 
disabilities; an hour public comment session on experiences with 
healthcare barriers and bias; a lunch break; a presentation on NCD's 
project underway regarding germline editing and fetal medicine; a 
presentation on NCD's project underway on the inclusion of people with 
disabilities in clinical trials; and a presentation on NCD's 2023 
progress report that is underway on income limits and asset 
limitations; followed by adjournment.
    Day 2--Following welcome remarks and introductions, the 
Administration, Finance, and Operations team will provide updates to 
Council Members; followed by a Legislative Affairs and Outreach team 
update; a Policy team update; the Chairman's report; Executive 
Committee Report, including bylaws vote; Council Member report outs on 
community outreach; reminders on NCD's travel reimbursement process; 
and any old or new business, before adjourning.
    Agenda: The times provided below are approximations for when each 
agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all times Eastern Daylight 
Time):

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

9:00-9:05 a.m.--Welcome Greetings, Roll Call, Acceptance of Agenda
9:05-9:15--Chairman's Welcome and Framing Remarks for Meeting
9:15-10:45 a.m. Addressing Health Disparities through Disability 
Clinical Care Competency Training, Q&A from Council Members
10:45-11:00 a.m.--BREAK
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Responding to Health Disparities of People with 
Disabilities--A Collaborative Effort
12:30-1:30 p.m.--Public Comment: Experiences with Healthcare Barriers 
and Bias
1:30-3:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
3:00-3:45 p.m.--Germline editing and fetal medicine project 
presentation, Q&A with Members
3:45-4:30 p.m.--Clinical trials report presentation, Q&A with Members
4:30-5:15 p.m.--NCD's 2023 Progress Report on asset limitations 
presentation, Q&A with Members
5:15 p.m.--Adjourn

Thursday, July 13, 2023

10:00-10:10 a.m.--Welcome and Call to Order, Roll Call, Approval of May 
4 Council meeting minutes
10:10-10:20 a.m.--Administration, Finance, and Operations team update
10:20-10:30 a.m.--Legislative Affairs and Outreach team update
10:30 a.m.--11:00 a.m.--Policy team update
11:00-11:10 a.m.--Chairman's Report
11:10-11:40 a.m.--Executive Committee Report, including bylaws vote
11:40 a.m.--12:10 p.m.--Council Member report outs on community 
outreach/input
12:10-12:20 p.m.--AFO team reminders on reimbursement process
12:20-12:30 p.m.--Old/New Business
12:30 p.m.--Adjourn

    Public Comment: Your participation during the public comment period 
provides an opportunity for us to hear from you--individuals, 
businesses, providers, educators, parents and advocates. Your comments 
are important in bringing to the Council's attention and issues and 
priorities of the disability community.
    For the July 12 Council meeting, NCD will have an extended public 
comment period of one hour and requests comments from the public 
regarding experiences with healthcare barriers and bias for people with 
disabilities. Additional information on specifics of the topic is 
available on NCD's public comment page at https://ncd.gov/public-comment.
    The Council will prioritize in-person commenters, but as time 
permits, will also receive public comment by video or audio over Zoom, 
and always accepts advance public comments via email. Due to the hybrid 
nature of the event, in-person presentations will be given priority.

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    To provide public comment during an NCD Council Meeting in any form 
(in-person or by Zoom), NCD now requires advanced registration by 
sending send an email to [email protected] with the subject line 
``Public Comment'' and your name, organization, state, and topic of 
comment included in the body of your email. Deadline for registration 
is July 11, 8:00 p.m. EDT. Please indicate if you are providing the 
comment in-person, over Zoom, or only submitting via email. All 
individuals desiring to make public comment are strongly encouraged to 
read NCD's guidelines for public comment in advance of the meeting at: 
https://ncd.gov/public-comment.
    While public comment can be submitted on any topic over email, 
comments during the meeting should be specific to experiences with 
healthcare barriers and bias for people with disabilities.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Nicholas Sabula, Public Affairs 
Specialist, NCD, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; 
202-272-2004 (V), or [email protected].
    Accommodations: ASL Interpreters will be provided in-room and 
included during the live streamed meeting, and CART has been arranged 
for this meeting and will be embedded into the Zoom platform as well as 
available via streamtext link. The web link to access CART (in English) 
is: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=NCD.
    If you require additional accommodations, please notify Stacey 
Brown by sending an email to [email protected] as soon as possible and no 
later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
    Due to last-minute confirmations or cancellations, NCD may 
substitute items without advance public notice.

    Dated: June 27, 2023.
Anne C. Sommers McIntosh,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2023-14022 Filed 6-28-23; 11:15 am]
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