2021-13120. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); Amended Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP); June 23, 2021 and June 24, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., EDT (times subject to change), in the original FRN.

The virtual meeting was published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 5, 2021, Volume 86, Number 63, page 17606.

The virtual meeting is being amended to add an additional date, June 25, 2021 and time, update meeting times and supplemental information and should read as follows:

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; for more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP website: http://www.cdc.gov/​vaccines/​acip/​index.html.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on June 23, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EDT (times subject to change); June 24, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., EDT (times subject to change); and June 25, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., EDT (times subject to change). Written comments must be received on or before June 25, 2021.

A notice of this ACIP meeting has also been posted on CDC's ACIP website at: http://www.cdc.gov/​vaccines/​acip/​index.html. In addition, CDC has sent notice of this ACIP meeting by email to those who subscribe to receive email updates about ACIP.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Thomas, ACIP Committee Management Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS-H24-8, Atlanta, GA 30329-4027; Telephone: [phone]; Email: [e-mail].

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 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and appear on CDC immunization schedules must be covered by applicable health plans.

Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on cholera vaccine, dengue vaccine, ebola vaccine, hepatitis vaccines, herpes zoster vaccines, influenza vaccines, orthopoxvirus vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, rabies vaccine and tickborne encephalitis vaccine. Recommendation votes on dengue vaccine, ebola vaccine, influenza vaccines and rabies vaccine are scheduled. Vaccines for Children (VFC) votes on dengue vaccine and influenza vaccines are scheduled. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For more information on the meeting agenda visit https://www.cdc.gov/​vaccines/​acip/​meetings/​meetings-info.html.

Meeting Information: The meeting will be webcast live via the World Wide Web; for more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP website: http://www.cdc.gov/​vaccines/​acip/​index.html.

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 https://www.regulations.gov. 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.

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 June 23-25, 2021, ACIP meeting must submit a request at http://www.cdc.gov/​vaccines/​acip/​meetings/​ no later than 11:59 p.m., EDT, June 18, 2021, 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 June 21, 2021. 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.

Written Public Comment: The docket will be opened to receive written comments on June 1, 2021. Written comments must be received on or before June 25, 2021.

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.