Notice2023-05547
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting
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Published
March 20, 2023
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Veterans Affairs Department
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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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d517c686f7873334f7c7e72726e74735d6b7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d498b5a1a6b1bafa86b5b7bbbba7bdba94a2b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1fdd0c4c3d4df9fe3d0d2dedec2d8dff1c7d09fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6aa8793948388c8b487858989958f88a69087c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>; 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:
<a href="https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mb4279e783f106b7eefaf3d67e0c17c05">https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mb4279e783f106b7eefaf3d67e0c17c05</a>.
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: <a href="https://www.va.gov/ADVISORY/Advisory_Committee_on_Prosthetics_and_Special_Disabilities_Programs_Statutory.asp">https://www.va.gov/ADVISORY/Advisory_Committee_on_Prosthetics_and_Special_Disabilities_Programs_Statutory.asp</a> 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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