[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3523]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
42 CFR Part 100
RIN 0907-AA
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to the
Vaccine Injury Table
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: This document announces a public hearing to receive
information and views on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
entitled ``National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revisions to
the Vaccine Injury Table.''
Date and Time: The public hearing will be held on March 4, 2011,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: The public hearing will be held in Conference Room G in the
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division
of Vaccine Injury Compensation, at 301-443-6593 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of
1986, Title III of Public Law 99-660, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300aa-10 et
seq.), established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
(VICP) for persons found to be injured by vaccines. The Secretary has
taken the necessary initial steps to transfer four vaccines covered
under the VICP from the provisional category in the Vaccine Injury
Table to their own separate categories, with no associated injuries.
These proposed changes would not change the rights of any current
or potential VICP petitioners.
The NPRM was published in the Federal Register, September 13, 2010:
75 FR 55503. The public comment period closes March 14, 2011.
A public hearing will be held during the 180-day public comment
period. This hearing is to provide an open forum for the presentation
of information and views concerning all aspects of the NPRM by
interested persons.
In preparing a final regulation, the Secretary will consider the
administrative record of this hearing along with all other written
comments received during the comment period specified in the NPRM.
Individuals or representatives of interested organizations are invited
to participate in the public hearing in accord with the schedule and
procedures set forth below.
The hearing will be held on March 4, 2011, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
in Conference Room G in the Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Upon entering the Parklawn Building, persons
who wish to attend the hearing will be required to call Mr. Mario
Lombre at (301) 443-3196 to be escorted to Conference Room G.
The presiding officer representing the Secretary, HHS will be Dr.
Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB), Health Resources and Services
Administration.
Persons who wish to participate are requested to file a notice of
participation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on
or before March 1, 2011. The notice should be mailed to the Division of
Vaccine Injury Compensation, HSB, Room 11C-26, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. To ensure timely handling any
outer envelope should be clearly marked ``NPRM Hearing.'' The notice of
participation should contain the interested person's name, address, e-
mail address, telephone number, any business or organizational
affiliation of the person desiring to make a presentation, a brief
summary of the presentation, and the approximate time requested for the
presentation. Groups that have similar interests should consolidate
their comments as part of one presentation. Time available for the
hearing will be allocated among the persons who properly file notices
of participation. If time permits, interested parties attending the
hearing who did not submit notice of participation in advance will be
allowed to make an oral presentation at the conclusion of the hearing.
Persons who find that there is insufficient time to submit the
required information in writing may give oral notice of participation
by calling Dr. Geoffrey Evans, Director, Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation, at (301) 443-6593 no later than March 1, 2011. Those
persons who give oral notice of participation should also submit
written notice containing the information described above to HHS by the
close of business March 2, 2011.
After reviewing the notices of participation and accompanying
information, HHS will schedule each appearance and notify each
participant by mail, e-mail or telephone of the time allotted to the
person(s) and the approximate time the person's oral presentation is
scheduled to begin.
Written comments and transcripts of the hearing will be made
available for public inspection as soon as they have been prepared, on
weekdays (Federal holidays excepted) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and
5 p.m. at the Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Room
11C-26, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857.
Dated: February 10, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-3523 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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