Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, 66120 [2024-18047]

Download as PDF 66120 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 14, 2024 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating AntibioticResistant Bacteria Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that a virtual meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating AntibioticResistant Bacteria (PACCARB). The meeting will be available to the public through the live stream on hhs.gov/live. Individuals are encouraged to provide written public comment, submitted via email to CARB@hhs.gov. Registration information is available on the PACCARB website https://www.hhs.gov/ paccarb and should be completed by August 27, 2024, for the August 29, 2024, virtual Public Meeting. Additional information about registering for the meeting can be obtained at https:// www.hhs.gov/paccarb on the Upcoming Meetings page. DATES: The meeting is scheduled to be held on August 29, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET (times are tentative and subject to change). The confirmed times and agenda items for the meeting will be posted on the website for the PACCARB at https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when this information becomes available. Preregistration for attending the meeting is strongly suggested and should be completed no later than August 27, 2024. ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting can be accessed through a live webcast on the day of the meeting at hhs.gov/live. Additional instructions regarding attending this meeting virtually will be posted at least one week prior to the meeting at: https://www.hhs.gov/ paccarb. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jomana Musmar, M.S., Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: 202–746– 1512; Email: CARB@hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:22 Aug 13, 2024 Jkt 262001 (PACCARB), established by Executive Order 13676, is continued by section 505 of Public Law 116–22, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA). Activities and duties of the PACCARB are governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of Federal advisory committees. The PACCARB advises and provides information and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) regarding programs and policies intended to reduce or combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may present a public health threat and improve capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat such resistance. The PACCARB functions solely for advisory purposes. Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to improving: the effectiveness of antibiotics; research and advanced research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and antimicrobial stewardship activities; surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-date information on resistance to antibiotics; education for health care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to antibiotics related to humans and animals; methods to prevent or reduce the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; including stewardship programs; and coordination with respect to international efforts in order to inform and advance the United States capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance. The focus of the August 29, 2024, virtual meeting will be for the PACCARB to deliberate and vote on transmittal of the draft resolution letter from the Immediate Action Subcommittee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The meeting agenda will be posted on the PACCARB website at https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when it has been finalized. All agenda items are tentative and subject to change. Instructions regarding attending the meeting virtually will be posted at least one week prior to the meeting at: https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: July 16, 2024. Jomana F. Musmar, Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating AntibioticResistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. [FR Doc. 2024–18047 Filed 8–13–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–44–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian Health Service Notice of Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area Redesignation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Final notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the Indian Health Service (IHS) has decided to expand the geographic boundaries of the Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) to include the county of Clackamas in the State of Oregon. The current PRCDA for the CTGR includes the Oregon counties of Washington, Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Multnomah, and Tillamook. The sole purpose of this expansion is to authorize additional CTGR members and beneficiaries to receive purchased/ referred care (PRC) services. DATES: This expansion is effective as of the publication date of this notice. ADDRESSES: This notice can be found at https://www.federalregister.gov. Written requests for information should be delivered to: CAPT John Rael, Director, Office of Resource Access and Partnerships, Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 10E85C, Rockville, MD 20857, or by phone at (301) 443–0969 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS provides services under regulations in effect as of September 15, 1987, and republished at 42 CFR part 136, subparts A–C. Subpart C defines a Contract Health Service Delivery Area (CHSDA), now referred to as a PRCDA, as the geographic area within which PRC will be made available by the IHS to members of an identified Indian community who reside in the PRCDA. Residence within a PRCDA by a person who is within the scope of the Indian health program, as set forth in 42 CFR 136.12, creates no legal entitlement to PRC but only potential eligibility for SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 
that a virtual meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential 
Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). 
The meeting will be available to the public through the live stream on 
hhs.gov/live. Individuals are encouraged to provide written public 
comment, submitted via email to [email protected]. Registration information 
is available on the PACCARB website https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb and 
should be completed by August 27, 2024, for the August 29, 2024, 
virtual Public Meeting. Additional information about registering for 
the meeting can be obtained at https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb on the 
Upcoming Meetings page.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled to be held on August 29, 2024, from 
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET (times are tentative and subject to change). 
The confirmed times and agenda items for the meeting will be posted on 
the website for the PACCARB at https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when this 
information becomes available. Pre-registration for attending the 
meeting is strongly suggested and should be completed no later than 
August 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting can be accessed through a live webcast 
on the day of the meeting at hhs.gov/live. Additional instructions 
regarding attending this meeting virtually will be posted at least one 
week prior to the meeting at: https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jomana Musmar, M.S., Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, 
Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: 202-746-1512; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Advisory Council on 
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB), established by 
Executive Order 13676, is continued by section 505 of Public Law 116-
22, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation 
Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA). Activities and duties of the PACCARB are 
governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of Federal advisory committees.
    The PACCARB advises and provides information and recommendations to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) regarding 
programs and policies intended to reduce or combat antibiotic-resistant 
bacteria that may present a public health threat and improve 
capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat such resistance. 
The PACCARB functions solely for advisory purposes.
    Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to 
improving: the effectiveness of antibiotics; research and advanced 
research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods 
for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new 
treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to 
antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and 
antimicrobial stewardship activities; surveillance of antibiotic-
resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-
date information on resistance to antibiotics; education for health 
care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on 
antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to 
antibiotics related to humans and animals; methods to prevent or reduce 
the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; 
including stewardship programs; and coordination with respect to 
international efforts in order to inform and advance the United States 
capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance.
    The focus of the August 29, 2024, virtual meeting will be for the 
PACCARB to deliberate and vote on transmittal of the draft resolution 
letter from the Immediate Action Subcommittee to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services. The meeting agenda will be posted on the 
PACCARB website at https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when it has been 
finalized. All agenda items are tentative and subject to change. 
Instructions regarding attending the meeting virtually will be posted 
at least one week prior to the meeting at: https://www.hhs.gov/paccarb.

    Dated: July 16, 2024.
Jomana F. Musmar,
Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-18047 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am]
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