Notice2023-20222
Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs, Notice of Meeting
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Published
September 19, 2023
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Veterans Affairs Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 64522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20222]
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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. ch. 10, that the Advisory
Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs will meet on
October 17-18, 2023. The meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. EST
and end at 4:30 p.m. EST on both days.
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting, held in-person at the
Lafayette Building, 811 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 3611, Washington, DC
and virtually via WebEx conferencing. All sessions will be open to the
public. The public is invited to attend the meeting virtually on both
days via WebEx conferencing at the following URLs:<a href="https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mdfec97ed00815c7ad1e2eb35d1f55dbc">https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=mdfec97ed00815c7ad1e2eb35d1f55dbc</a> or join by phone
14043971596 USA Toll Number; meeting number (access code): 2762 349
6847. Meeting password GeMey5yf@33.
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.
The Committee will convene in open (hybrid) sessions with
introductory remarks from the Committee Chair; the Executive Director
for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics; and Department Senior Leaders. The
Committee will hear presentations from the following Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) National Program Offices: Recreation Therapy and
Creative Arts Therapy Service; Blind Rehabilitation Service; Prosthetic
and Sensory Aids Service; Audiology and Speech Pathology Service; and
the National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events. The committee
will also hear presentations from the PACT Act Team; Workforce
Management and Consulting; Geriatrics and Extended Care Service;
Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation (Whole Health), as well
as from the Neurology subcommittees.
The meeting will include time reserved for public comments before
the meeting closes on October 18, 2023. 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 October 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#98d4f9edeafdf6b6caf9fbf7f7ebf1f6d8eef9b6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b270a1e190e0545390a0804041802052b1d0a450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: September 14, 2023.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-20222 Filed 9-18-23; 8:45 am]
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