[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 15210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04343]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research 
Protections

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, U.S.C. Appendix 2, notice is hereby given that the Secretary's 
Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold a 
meeting that will be open to the public. Information about SACHRP, the 
full meeting agenda, and instructions for linking to public access will 
be posted on the SACHRP website at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 11:00 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. 
until 4:00 p.m. (times are tentative and subject to change). The 
confirmed times and agenda will be posted on the SACHRP website as this 
information becomes available.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held via webcast. Members of the public 
may also attend the meeting via webcast. Instructions for attending via 
webcast will be posted at least one week prior to the meeting at 
https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive Director, 
SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton 
Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, Maryland 20852; telephone: 240-453-8141; 
fax: 240-453-6909; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, 
section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, SACHRP was 
established to provide expert advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, on issues and topics pertaining to or associated with the 
protection of human research subjects.
    The Subpart A Subcommittee (SAS) was established by SACHRP in 
October 2006 and is charged with developing recommendations for 
consideration by SACHRP regarding the application of subpart A of 45 
CFR part 46 in the current research environment.
    The Subcommittee on Harmonization (SOH) was established by SACHRP 
at its July 2009 meeting and charged with identifying and prioritizing 
areas in which regulations and/or guidelines for human subjects 
research adopted by various agencies or offices within HHS would 
benefit from harmonization, consistency, clarity, simplification and/or 
coordination. The SACHRP meeting will open to the public at 11:00 a.m., 
on Wednesday, March 20, 2023, followed by opening remarks from Julie 
Kaneshiro, Acting Director of OHRP and Dr. Douglas Diekema, SACHRP 
Chair. The meeting will begin with a discussion of the draft 
recommendation, Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for the Inclusion 
of LGBTQI+ Populations in HHS Human Subjects Research. This topic is a 
continuation of the discussion and speaker panel presented at the 
October 2023 SACHRP. This will be followed by discussion of 
Considerations for Uninformative Research. The first day will adjourn 
at approximately 4:30 p.m. The second day of the meeting, March 21st, 
will begin at 11:00 with a discussion of Interpretation of the Best-
interests Standard for the Retention of Subjects in Human Subjects 
Research that Has Been Halted or Suspended. Other topics may be added; 
for the full and updated meeting agenda, see http://www.dhhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp-committee/meetings/index.html. The meeting will adjourn by 4:00 
p.m., March 21, 2024.
    Time will be allotted for public comment on both days of the 
meeting. The public may submit written public comment in advance to 
[email protected] no later than midnight March 14th, 2023, ET. Written 
comments will be shared with SACHRP members and may read aloud during 
the meeting. Comments which are read aloud are limited to three minutes 
each. Public comment must be relevant to topics being addressed by the 
SACHRP.

    Dated: February 23, 2024.
Julia G. Gorey,
Executive Director, SACHRP, Office for Human Research Protections.
[FR Doc. 2024-04343 Filed 2-29-24; 8:45 am]
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