[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 64522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20222]


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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. ch. 10, that the Advisory 
Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs will meet on 
October 17-18, 2023. The meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. EST 
and end at 4:30 p.m. EST on both days.
    The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held in-person at the 
Lafayette Building, 811 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 3611, Washington, DC 
and virtually via WebEx conferencing. All sessions will be open to the 
public. The public is invited to attend the meeting virtually on both 
days via WebEx conferencing at the following URLs:https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mdfec97ed00815c7ad1e2eb35d1f55dbc or join by phone 
14043971596 USA Toll Number; meeting number (access code): 2762 349 
6847. Meeting password GeMey5yf@33.
    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.
    The Committee will convene in open (hybrid) sessions with 
introductory remarks from the Committee Chair; the Executive Director 
for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics; and Department Senior Leaders. The 
Committee will hear presentations from the following Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA) National Program Offices: Recreation Therapy and 
Creative Arts Therapy Service; Blind Rehabilitation Service; Prosthetic 
and Sensory Aids Service; Audiology and Speech Pathology Service; and 
the National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. The committee 
will also hear presentations from the PACT Act Team; Workforce 
Management and Consulting; Geriatrics and Extended Care Service; 
Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation (Whole Health), as well 
as from the Neurology subcommittees.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments before 
the meeting closes on October 18, 2023. Members of the public may 
submit written statements for review by the Committee in advance of the 
meeting. Public comments may be received no later than October 11, 
2023, 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].

    Dated: September 14, 2023.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-20222 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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