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Meetings: Organ Transplantation
Advisory Committee
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
AGENCY:
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Notice of Meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–
463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2),
notice is hereby given of the ninth
meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Organ Transplantation (ACOT),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). The meeting will be
held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. on November 3, 2005, and from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 4, 2005, at
the Rockville DoubleTree Hotel, 1750
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852. The meeting will be open to the
public; however, seating is limited and
pre-registration is encouraged (see
below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222
of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, and 42 CFR 121.12 (2000),
ACOT was established to assist the
Secretary in enhancing organ donation,
ensuring that the system of organ
transplantation is grounded in the best
available medical science, and assuring
the public that the system is as effective
and equitable as possible, and, thereby,
increasing public confidence in the
integrity and effectiveness of the
transplantation system. ACOT is
composed of up to 25 members,
including the Chair. Members are
serving as Special Government
Employees and have diverse
backgrounds in fields such as organ
donation, health care public policy,
transplantation medicine and surgery,
critical care medicine and other medical
specialties involved in the identification
and referral of donors, non-physician
transplant professions, nursing,
epidemiology, immunology, law and
bioethics, behavioral sciences,
economics and statistics, as well as
representatives of transplant candidates,
transplant recipients, organ donors, and
family members.
ACOT will hear presentations on
living donor guidelines in New York
and North Carolina, insurance issues
related to living donors, deceased donor
organ utilization, new Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN) Lung Allocation
System, OPTN development of a new
Kidney Allocation System, OPTN
decision to not develop a living donor
registry, OPTN Strategic Planning,
Organ Transplant Breakthrough
Collaborative, and the Organ
Procurement Organization Redesign
Initiative.
The draft meeting agenda will be
available on October 17 on the
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Department’s donation Web site at
https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
A registration form will be available
on October 3 on the Department’s
donation Web site at https://
www.organdonor.gov/acot.html. The
completed registration form should be
submitted by facsimile to Professional
and Scientific Associates (PSA), the
logistical support contractor for the
meeting, at fax number (703) 234–1701.
Individuals without access to the
Internet who wish to register may call
Bryan Slattery with PSA at (703) 234–
1734. Individuals who plan to attend
the meeting and need special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodations,
should notify the ACOT Executive
Director, Thomas E. Balbier, Jr., in
advance of the meeting. Mr. Balbier may
be reached by telephone at 301–443–
1896, e-mail:
Thom.Balbier@hrsa.hhs.gov, or in
writing at the address of the Division of
Transplantation provided below.
Management and support services for
ACOT functions are provided by the
Division of Transplantation, Healthcare
Systems Bureau, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 12C–06,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone
number 301–443–7577.
After the presentations and ACOT
discussions, members of the public will
have an opportunity to provide
comments. Because of the Committee’s
full agenda and the timeframe in which
to cover the agenda topics, public
comment will be limited. All public
comments will be included in the
record of the ACOT meeting.
Dated: September 22, 2005.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Meetings: Organ Transplantation Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
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ACTION: Notice of Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the
ninth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will
be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 3, 2005, and
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 4, 2005, at the Rockville DoubleTree
Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The meeting will
be open to the public; however, seating is limited and pre-registration
is encouraged (see below).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a,
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 CFR
121.12 (2000), ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in
enhancing organ donation, ensuring that the system of organ
transplantation is grounded in the best available medical science, and
assuring the public that the system is as effective and equitable as
possible, and, thereby, increasing public confidence in the integrity
and effectiveness of the transplantation system. ACOT is composed of up
to 25 members, including the Chair. Members are serving as Special
Government Employees and have diverse backgrounds in fields such as
organ donation, health care public policy, transplantation medicine and
surgery, critical care medicine and other medical specialties involved
in the identification and referral of donors, non-physician transplant
professions, nursing, epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics,
behavioral sciences, economics and statistics, as well as
representatives of transplant candidates, transplant recipients, organ
donors, and family members.
ACOT will hear presentations on living donor guidelines in New York
and North Carolina, insurance issues related to living donors, deceased
donor organ utilization, new Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network (OPTN) Lung Allocation System, OPTN development of a new Kidney
Allocation System, OPTN decision to not develop a living donor
registry, OPTN Strategic Planning, Organ Transplant Breakthrough
Collaborative, and the Organ Procurement Organization Redesign
Initiative.
The draft meeting agenda will be available on October 17 on the
Department's donation Web site at https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
A registration form will be available on October 3 on the
Department's donation Web site at https://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
The completed registration form should be submitted by facsimile to
Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), the logistical support
contractor for the meeting, at fax number (703) 234-1701. Individuals
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Bryan
Slattery with PSA at (703) 234-1734. Individuals who plan to attend the
meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the
ACOT Executive Director, Thomas E. Balbier, Jr., in advance of the
meeting. Mr. Balbier may be reached by telephone at 301-443-1896, e-
mail: Thom.Balbier@hrsa.hhs.gov, or in writing at the address of the
Division of Transplantation provided below. Management and support
services for ACOT functions are provided by the Division of
Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room
12C-06, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone number 301-443-7577.
After the presentations and ACOT discussions, members of the public
will have an opportunity to provide comments. Because of the
Committee's full agenda and the timeframe in which to cover the agenda
topics, public comment will be limited. All public comments will be
included in the record of the ACOT meeting.
Dated: September 22, 2005.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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