Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting, 16729 [2023-05547]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 2023 / Notices cancer moonshot from a health equity perspective. The meeting can be joined by phone at 404–397–1596 (Access code: 27601528045) and via Webex at: https:// veteransaffairs.webex.com/ veteransaffairs/ j.php?MTID=m0d7a095d00079c9b 038bdace87060c3d. Please contact the point of contact below for assistance connecting. Members of the public may submit written statements for review by the Committee to: Department of Veterans Affairs, Special Medical Advisory Group—Office of Under Secretary for Health (10), Veterans Health Administration, 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420 or by email at VASMAGDFO@va.gov. Comments will be accepted until close of business on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Any member of the public wishing to attend the meeting or seeking additional information should email VASMAGDFO@va.gov or call 202–461– 7000. Dated: March 14, 2023. Jelessa M. Burney, Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–05554 Filed 3–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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. 10, that the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities is having a meeting and site visit to be held on April 18–19, 2023. The meeting sessions will begin and end as follows: Dates Times April 18, 2023 ... 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. April 19, 2023 ... lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held in-person at the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Building. Middle Dining Room, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Mar 17, 2023 Jkt 259001 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida; and virtually via WebEx conferencing. A limited number of public stakeholder seats will be made available due to ongoing health and safety protocols that are enforced at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital VA Tampa Healthcare System; the public also may attend the meeting virtually via WebEx conferencing. Masked are required during the meeting. Sessions will not be open to the public when the Committee is conducting tours of VA facilities. Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect Veterans’ privacy and personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 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. On April 18, 2023, the Committee will convene in open (hybrid) sessions, from 8:30 a.m.–10 a.m. EST, with introductory remarks and a presentation from the Advisory Committee Management Office. The Committee will convene closed sessions from 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. EST as the Committee members tour the Tampa Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center; Spinal Cord Injury Center; Amputation Specialty Clinic and Prosthetic Fabrication Lab. Beginning at 3 p.m. EST, the meeting session will reconvene an open (hybrid) session; and the day will conclude with presentations from VA’s National Occupational Therapy Program; National Physical Therapy Program; and National Spinal Cord Injury System of Care Program. On April 19, 2023, the Committee will convene in open sessions at the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Building, Middle Dining Room, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital with presentations on VA’s PO 00000 Frm 00151 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 16729 National Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Polytrauma System of Care; Amputation System of Care; Chiropractic System of Care; and VA’s Orthotic and Pedorthic Clinical Services Programs. The Committee will be in open session for an abbreviated time; therefore, no time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations from the public. 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 April 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 Lauren.Racoosin@ va.gov. Due to ongoing health and safety protocols, there will be limited seating at this facility. Only those members of the public (first 10 public stakeholders) who confirm their attendance will be allowed to attend in-person. Masked are required during the meeting. In order to accommodate your in-person attendance, please notify Dr. Racoosin at Lauren.Racoosin@va.gov; also, any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Dr. Racoosin. Members of the public who prefer to attend the meeting virtually may join using the WebEx conferencing link below: https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/ veteransaffairs/ j.php?MTID=mb4279e783f106b7ee faf3d67e0c17c05. To join by phone 14043971596/ Access code: 2764 861 8609. Recordings and transcript of the meeting will be posted on the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and SpecialDisabilities Programs website: https:// www.va.gov/ADVISORY/Advisory_ Committee_on_Prosthetics_and_ Special_Disabilities_Programs_ Statutory.asp after the meeting. Dated: March 14, 2023. Jelessa M. Burney, Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–05547 Filed 3–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05547]


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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. 10, that the Advisory 
Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities is having a meeting 
and site visit to be held on April 18-19, 2023. The meeting sessions 
will begin and end as follows:

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                   Dates                                Times
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April 18, 2023............................  8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
                                             Eastern Standard Time
                                             (EST).
April 19, 2023............................  8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
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    The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held in-person at the Spinal 
Cord Injury (SCI) Building. Middle Dining Room, James A. Haley Veterans 
Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Tampa, Florida; and virtually 
via WebEx conferencing. A limited number of public stakeholder seats 
will be made available due to ongoing health and safety protocols that 
are enforced at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital VA Tampa 
Healthcare System; the public also may attend the meeting virtually via 
WebEx conferencing. Masked are required during the meeting. Sessions 
will not be open to the public when the Committee is conducting tours 
of VA facilities. Tours of VA facilities are closed to protect 
Veterans' privacy and personal information, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6).
    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.
    On April 18, 2023, the Committee will convene in open (hybrid) 
sessions, from 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. EST, with introductory remarks and a 
presentation from the Advisory Committee Management Office. The 
Committee will convene closed sessions from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. EST as the 
Committee members tour the Tampa Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center; 
Spinal Cord Injury Center; Amputation Specialty Clinic and Prosthetic 
Fabrication Lab. Beginning at 3 p.m. EST, the meeting session will 
reconvene an open (hybrid) session; and the day will conclude with 
presentations from VA's National Occupational Therapy Program; National 
Physical Therapy Program; and National Spinal Cord Injury System of 
Care Program.
    On April 19, 2023, the Committee will convene in open sessions at 
the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Building, Middle Dining Room, James A. 
Haley Veterans Hospital with presentations on VA's National Physical 
Medicine and Rehabilitation; Polytrauma System of Care; Amputation 
System of Care; Chiropractic System of Care; and VA's Orthotic and 
Pedorthic Clinical Services Programs.
    The Committee will be in open session for an abbreviated time; 
therefore, no time will be allocated for receiving oral presentations 
from the public. 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 April 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].
    Due to ongoing health and safety protocols, there will be limited 
seating at this facility. Only those members of the public (first 10 
public stakeholders) who confirm their attendance will be allowed to 
attend in-person. Masked are required during the meeting. In order to 
accommodate your in-person attendance, please notify Dr. Racoosin at 
[email protected]; also, any member of the public seeking 
additional information should contact Dr. Racoosin. Members of the 
public who prefer to attend the meeting virtually may join using the 
WebEx conferencing link below:

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mb4279e783f106b7eefaf3d67e0c17c05.

    To join by phone 14043971596/Access code: 2764 861 8609.
    Recordings and transcript of the meeting will be posted on the 
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs 
website: https://www.va.gov/ADVISORY/Advisory_Committee_on_Prosthetics_and_Special_Disabilities_Programs_Statutory.asp after the meeting.

    Dated: March 14, 2023.
Jelessa M. Burney,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-05547 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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