Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines; Request for Nominations for Voting Members, 30841-30842 [2010-13150]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Advisory Commission on Childhood
Vaccines; Request for Nominations for
Voting Members
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill three
vacancies on the Advisory Commission
on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). The
ACCV was established by Title XXI of
the Public Health Service Act (the Act),
as enacted by Public Law (Pub. L.) 99–
660 and as subsequently amended,
advises the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (the Secretary) on
issues related to implementation of the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (VICP).
DATES: The agency must receive
nominations on or before July 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: All nominations are to be
submitted to the Director, Division of
Vaccine Injury Compensation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB),
HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 11C–
26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Andrea Herzog, Principal Staff Liaison,
Policy Analysis Branch, Division of
Vaccine Injury Compensation, HSB,
HRSA at (301) 443–6634 or e-mail:
aherzog@hrsa.gov.
Under the
authorities that established the ACCV,
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of
October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) and
section 2119 of the Act, 42 U.S.C.
300aa–19, as added by Pub. L. 99–660
and amended, HRSA is requesting
nominations for three voting members
of the ACCV.
The ACCV advises the Secretary on
the implementation of the VICP. The
activities of the ACCV include:
Recommending changes in the Vaccine
Injury Table at its own initiative or as
the result of the filing of a petition;
advising the Secretary in implementing
section 2127 regarding the need for
childhood vaccination products that
result in fewer or no significant adverse
reactions; surveying Federal, State, and
local programs and activities related to
gathering information on injuries
associated with the administration of
childhood vaccines, including the
adverse reaction reporting requirements
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of section 2125(b); advising the
Secretary on the methods of obtaining,
compiling, publishing, and using
credible data related to the frequency
and severity of adverse reactions
associated with childhood vaccines;
consulting on the development or
revision of the Vaccine Information
Statements and recommending to the
Director of the National Vaccine
Program that vaccine safety research be
conducted on various vaccine injuries.
The ACCV consists of nine voting
members appointed by the Secretary as
follows: (1) Three health professionals,
who are not employees of the United
States Government and have expertise
in the health care of children, and the
epidemiology, etiology, and prevention
of childhood diseases, and the adverse
reactions associated with vaccines, at
least two shall be pediatricians; (2) three
members from the general public, at
least two shall be legal representatives
(parents or guardians) of children who
have suffered a vaccine-related injury or
death; and (3) three attorneys, at least
one shall be an attorney whose specialty
includes representation of persons who
have suffered a vaccine-related injury or
death, and one shall be an attorney
whose specialty includes representation
of vaccine manufacturers. In addition,
the Director of the National Institutes of
Health, the Assistant Secretary for
Health, the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration (or the designees of such
officials) serve as nonvoting ex officio
members.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting
nominations for three voting members
of the ACCV representing: (1) A health
professional, who has expertise in the
health care of children; and the
epidemiology, etiology, and prevention
of childhood diseases; (2) an attorney
whose specialty includes representation
of persons who have suffered a vaccinerelated injury or death; and (3) a
member of the general public who is the
legal representative (parents or
guardians) of a child who has suffered
a vaccine related injury or death.
Nominees will be invited to serve a 3year term beginning January 1, 2011,
and ending December 31, 2014.
Interested persons may nominate one
or more qualified persons for
membership on the ACCV. Nominations
shall state that the nominee is willing to
serve as a member of the ACCV and
appears to have no conflict of interest
that would preclude ACCV
membership. Potential candidates will
be asked to provide detailed information
concerning consultancies, research
grants, or contracts to permit evaluation
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of possible sources of conflicts of
interest. A curriculum vitae or resume
should be submitted with the
nomination.
The Department of Health and Human
Services has special interest in assuring
that women, minority groups, and the
physically disabled are adequately
represented on advisory committees;
and therefore, extends particular
encouragement to nominations for
appropriately qualified female,
minority, or disabled candidates.
Dated: May 25, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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cooperative agreement with the National
Indian Health Board (NIHB), Inc.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Project Period: Dates: June 15–
December 31, 2010.
Amount of Award: Funding amounts
for each project, per Agency are
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subject to available funds; hence all
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Agency does not identify funding for
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(1) Budget Formulation not to exceed
$65,000.
(2) Methamphetamine Abuse and
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(3) IHS Medicaid, Medicare Policy
Committee (MMPC) not to exceed
$100,000.
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Authority: This program is authorized
under Public Health Service Act, Section
301(a). This program is described in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
93.933.
Application Deadline: June 4, 2010.
Anticipated Award Date: June 15,
2010.
Summary: The IHS announces the
award of supplemental projects under
the existing single source cooperative
agreement award to the NIHB, Inc. The
Office of Direct Service and Contracting
Tribes (ODSCT) has designated
supplemental funds for the single
source award to the NIHB to further
health program objectives in the
American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/
AN) community with outreach and
education efforts in the interest of
improving Indian health care. The NIHB
is the only national Indian organization
with expertise on the variety of issues
related to the provision of health care to
the Indian population.
Single Source Justification: The NIHB
is governed by twelve elected Tribal
Government Officials who represent
each of the twelve IHS Areas and the
HHS regions where federally recognized
Tribes exist. The NIHB represents all
564 federally recognized Tribes:
including Tribal Governments operating
their own health care delivery systems
through self-determination agreements
with the IHS and Tribes that continue
to receive health care directly from the
IHS. The NIHB is the only national
Indian organization with an expertise in
health policy and health programs, and
the only national organization with the
designated authority to represent all AI/
AN Tribes and villages. The NIHB has
a national constituency and clearly
supports critical services and activities
within the IHS mission of quality health
care for AI/AN people. The NIHB can
provide advice, consultation and health
care advocacy to IHS and HHS based on
Tribal input through a broad based
consumer network.
The NIHB offers a national network of
professional services to provide policy
analysis and development, program
assessment and development and
regional and national meeting
coordination. NIHB also provides
planning and technical assistance to
Tribes, Area Health Boards, other Tribal
organizations, the IHS and HHS, other
agencies within the Federal
Government, private grant-making
foundations, and other organizations.
Past performance of NIHB under a
cooperative agreement has been
exceptional. The NIHB has consistently
provided education and outreach to
Tribal leadership regarding the potential
impact of Health Care Reform
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legislation. Educational materials were
developed for dissemination to the
White House, HHS, Tribal Governments
and other organizations regarding the
priorities and concerns of Tribes as
related to health care/insurance reform
efforts, IHCIA passage and other health
delivery priorities. Their Web site has
become a primary source of information
to Tribal leaders on healthcare policy
issues and is often quoted by national
healthcare policy experts. Their
outreach and education efforts focused
to assist with increased enrollment of
AI/AN beneficiaries in Medicaid and
Medicare programs and their annual
Consumer Conference is a showplace for
innovative Tribal practices in healthcare
administration. Their ability to bring
together Tribes and Federal agencies in
an effort to explore new avenues of
cooperation and problem solving is an
invaluable resource to everyone
involved. They were instrumental in
supporting program initiatives
associated with diabetes, suicide
prevention, children’s health insurance
and H1N1 prevention activities and will
remain a solid supporter of improved
healthcare in Indian Country. Hence,
this all demonstrates the capability and
substantiates the need for a noncompetitive single source award to be
approved and continuity sustained.
Supplemental funds have been added to
the cooperative agreement and are nonrecurring for purposes that are related to
the goals of the NIHB and support the
scope of work of the cooperative
agreement. The nature of the program
and this agreement should allow other
HHS operating divisions to supplement
the NIHB agreement when those funds
support the original intent of the
original agreement.
This non-competitive single source
cooperative agreement will assist the
agency in furthering our health program
objectives in the AI/AN community;
failure to approve the agreement will:
Impede consultation with AI/AN Tribal
Governments; impede further education
of health policy and legislation; would
substantially increase the cost of
securing these services should the IHS
be required to secure these services
through a multitude of Area and
regional Health Boards; and impede
targeting of future resources to AI/AN
communities by IHS and HHS.
Use of Cooperative Agreement: A
cooperative agreement has been
awarded because of anticipated
substantial programmatic involvement
by IHS staff in the project. Substantial
programmatic involvement is as follows:
The NIHB is responsible for the
following:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines; Request for
Nominations for Voting Members
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill three vacancies on the Advisory
Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). The ACCV was established by
Title XXI of the Public Health Service Act (the Act), as enacted by
Public Law (Pub. L.) 99-660 and as subsequently amended, advises the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) on issues
related to implementation of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (VICP).
DATES: The agency must receive nominations on or before July 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: All nominations are to be submitted to the Director,
Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, Healthcare Systems Bureau
(HSB), HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 11C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Andrea Herzog, Principal Staff
Liaison, Policy Analysis Branch, Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation, HSB, HRSA at (301) 443-6634 or e-mail: aherzog@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authorities that established the
ACCV, the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L.
92-463) and section 2119 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa-19, as added by
Pub. L. 99-660 and amended, HRSA is requesting nominations for three
voting members of the ACCV.
The ACCV advises the Secretary on the implementation of the VICP.
The activities of the ACCV include: Recommending changes in the Vaccine
Injury Table at its own initiative or as the result of the filing of a
petition; advising the Secretary in implementing section 2127 regarding
the need for childhood vaccination products that result in fewer or no
significant adverse reactions; surveying Federal, State, and local
programs and activities related to gathering information on injuries
associated with the administration of childhood vaccines, including the
adverse reaction reporting requirements of section 2125(b); advising
the Secretary on the methods of obtaining, compiling, publishing, and
using credible data related to the frequency and severity of adverse
reactions associated with childhood vaccines; consulting on the
development or revision of the Vaccine Information Statements and
recommending to the Director of the National Vaccine Program that
vaccine safety research be conducted on various vaccine injuries.
The ACCV consists of nine voting members appointed by the Secretary
as follows: (1) Three health professionals, who are not employees of
the United States Government and have expertise in the health care of
children, and the epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of childhood
diseases, and the adverse reactions associated with vaccines, at least
two shall be pediatricians; (2) three members from the general public,
at least two shall be legal representatives (parents or guardians) of
children who have suffered a vaccine-related injury or death; and (3)
three attorneys, at least one shall be an attorney whose specialty
includes representation of persons who have suffered a vaccine-related
injury or death, and one shall be an attorney whose specialty includes
representation of vaccine manufacturers. In addition, the Director of
the National Institutes of Health, the Assistant Secretary for Health,
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (or the designees of
such officials) serve as nonvoting ex officio members.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for three voting
members of the ACCV representing: (1) A health professional, who has
expertise in the health care of children; and the epidemiology,
etiology, and prevention of childhood diseases; (2) an attorney whose
specialty includes representation of persons who have suffered a
vaccine-related injury or death; and (3) a member of the general public
who is the legal representative (parents or guardians) of a child who
has suffered a vaccine related injury or death. Nominees will be
invited to serve a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2011, and ending
December 31, 2014.
Interested persons may nominate one or more qualified persons for
membership on the ACCV. Nominations shall state that the nominee is
willing to serve as a member of the ACCV and appears to have no
conflict of interest that would preclude ACCV membership. Potential
candidates will be asked to provide detailed information concerning
consultancies, research grants, or contracts to permit evaluation
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of possible sources of conflicts of interest. A curriculum vitae or
resume should be submitted with the nomination.
The Department of Health and Human Services has special interest in
assuring that women, minority groups, and the physically disabled are
adequately represented on advisory committees; and therefore, extends
particular encouragement to nominations for appropriately qualified
female, minority, or disabled candidates.
Dated: May 25, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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