Notice2022-01820
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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Published
January 31, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This meeting is open to the public. Time will be available for public comment. The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4889-4890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01820]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2022-0015]
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
(ACIP). This meeting is open to the public. Time will be available for
public comment. The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide
Web.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 23-24, 2022, from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST (times subject to change). Written comments must
be received on or before February 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0015 by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027, Attn: ACIP
Meeting.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received in conformance with
the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> suitability policy will be posted
without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided. For access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Written public comments submitted 72 hours prior to the ACIP
meeting will be provided to ACIP members before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Thomas, ACIP Committee
Management Specialist, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS H24-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027; Telephone: (404) 639-8367;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2766646e776744434409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a4b49435a4a696e69246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC,
on the use of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. 1396s,
the committee is mandated to establish and periodically review and, as
appropriate, revise the list of vaccines for administration to vaccine-
eligible children through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program,
along with schedules regarding dosing interval, dosage, and
contraindications to administration of vaccines. Further, under
provisions of the Affordable Care Act, section 2713 of the Public
Health Service Act, immunization recommendations of the ACIP that have
been approved by the CDC Director and appear on CDC immunization
schedules must be covered by applicable health plans.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on,
hepatitis B vaccines, influenza vaccines, pneumococcal vaccine, cholera
vaccine, human papillomavirus vaccine, MMR vaccine, respiratory
syncytial virus vaccine, and tickborne encephalitis vaccine.
Recommendation votes on cholera vaccine and tickborne encephalitis
vaccine are scheduled. No Vaccines for Children (VFC) votes are
scheduled. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
For more information on the meeting agenda visit <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/meetings-info.html">https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/meetings-info.html</a>.
Public Participation
Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by
submitting written views, recommendations, and data. Please note that
comments received, including attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record and are subject to public
disclosure. Comments will be posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Therefore, do not include any information in your comment or supporting
materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, or other
information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that
information will be on public display. CDC will review all submissions
and may choose to redact, or withhold, submissions containing private
or proprietary information such as Social Security numbers, medical
information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near duplicate
examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully consider all
comments submitted into the docket.
Written Public Comment: Written comments must be received on or
before February 24, 2022.
Oral Public Comment: This meeting will include time for members of
the public to make an oral comment. Oral public comment will occur
before any scheduled votes including all votes relevant to the ACIP's
Affordable Care Act and Vaccines for Children Program roles. Priority
will be given to individuals who submit a request to make an oral
public comment before the meeting according to the procedures below.
Procedure for Oral Public Comment: All persons interested in making
an oral public comment at the February 23-24, 2022, ACIP meeting must
submit a request at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
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acip/meetings/ no later than 11:59 p.m., EST, February 21, 2022,
according to the instructions provided.
If the number of persons requesting to speak is greater than can be
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled time, CDC will conduct a
lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled public comment
session. CDC staff will notify individuals regarding their request to
speak by email by February 22, 2022. To accommodate the significant
interest in participation in the oral public comment session of ACIP
meetings, each speaker will be limited to 3 minutes, and each speaker
may only speak once per meeting.
The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices
pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-01820 Filed 1-28-22; 8:45 am]
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