[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7223-7224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2839]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation.
    Date and Times: March 8, 2011, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Place: Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 
Reservoir Road, NW., Washington, DC 20057.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: 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.
    Agenda: The Committee will hear reports from two ACOT Work Groups: 
Declining Rates of Donation/Geographical and Other Variations in Organ 
Distribution and Alignment of CMS Regulatory Requirements with OPTN. 
ACOT also will hear presentations on disease transmission and informed 
consent, transplant tourism, organ donation and transplantation 
alliance, a report on an intensive DMV outreach project demonstrating 
significant increases in Michigan donor registration, and OPO 
performance metrics for quality improvement. Agenda items are subject 
to change as priorities indicate.
    After the presentations and Committee 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. Meeting summary notes will 
be made available on the Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    The draft meeting agenda is available on the Department's donation 
Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html and at http://www.team-psa.com/dot/spring2011/ACOT/.
    Registration can be completed electronically at http://www.team-psa.com/dot/spring2011/ACOT/ or submitted by facsimile to HRM/
Professional and Scientific Associates (PSA), the logistical support 
contractor for the meeting, at fax number (703) 234-1701 ATTN: Brittany 
Carey. Individuals without access to the Internet who wish to register 
may call Brittany Carey with HRM/PSA at (703) 889-9033.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Stroup, MBA, MPA, 
Executive Secretary, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12-105, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857; telephone (301) 443-1127 or e-mail to [email protected].


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    Dated: February 2, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-2839 Filed 2-8-11; 8:45 am]
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