[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67107-67108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32180]
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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 Public
Law 92-
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463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and
Special-Disabilities Programs will be held on January 8, 1997, at VA
Headquarters, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will
be held in Room 930 and commence at 2:30 p.m. and adjourn no later than
4:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is for VA to solicit input from
the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs
concerning VA's implementation of section 1706 of 38, U.S.C., (Public
Law 104-262, The Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act).
Specifically, a draft decision paper regarding VA's definition of
capacity and special disability programs will be discussed. Due to the
fact that Committee members are located geographically across the
country and that this meeting is anticipated to be held no longer than
two hours, members of the Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and
Special-Disabilities Programs will be contacted for this meeting via
conference call.
The meeting is open to the public. Due to the shortness of the
meeting, public participation is restricted to written comments.
Comments should be submitted 5 days before the meeting or 10 days after
the meeting. For those wishing to attend, and/or requesting a copy of
Public Law 102-262, section 1706 or additional information concerning
the meeting, please contact Kathy Pessagno, Veterans Health
Administration (113), phone (202) 273-8512, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, prior to
January 7, 1997. All written comments received will be available for
public inspection at the above address.
Dated: December 12, 1996.
By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-32180 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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