[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22432]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Forum on Liver Allocation and Patient Listing Criteria for
Liver, Kidney, and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and opportunity to provide written
comments and oral testimony.
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SUMMARY: On September 25-26, 1996, a public forum will be held as an
adjunct to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) public comment
process. This forum will provide an opportunity for presentation of
public and professional testimony with regard to the proposed
modifications to the current UNOS policy on allocation of livers and
patient listing criteria for liver, kidney, and kidney/pancreas
transplantation. UNOS is under contract with the Health Resources and
Services Administration, Bureau of Health Resources Development's
Division of Transplantation to perform the requirements of the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).
Participants may present written comments and brief oral testimony
on these proposals to a forum hearing panel. Selection of participants
will be determined on the basis of achieving an appropriate balance of
patient, public, and professional testimony within the available time.
All individuals and organizations interested in presenting testimony
who are not selected to participate in the forum may still provide
written testimony which will be considered by the hearing panel.
Interested participants should contact Douglas A. Heiney, Director,
Department of Membership Services and Policy Development, United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and indicate on which of the following
topic areas they will provide comment: (1) Proposed amended policy on
allocation of livers; (2) standard minimum patient listing criteria for
liver transplantation; and/or (3) standardized patient listing criteria
for kidney transplantation and combined kidney-pancreas
transplantation.
Purpose: The meeting will provide a forum for presentation and
discussion of proposed policy changes to the allocation of livers and
patient listing criteria for transplantation.
Contact: For more information, contact Douglas A. Heiney, Director,
Department of Membership Services and Policy Development, UNOS, 1100
Boulders Parkway, Suite 500, P.O. Box 13770, Richmond, VA 23225-8770.
Telephone: (804) 330-8500 Fax: (804) 330-8517.
Date and Time: September 25, 1996--10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. September
26, 1996--10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place: Airport Hilton Hotel, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis,
MO 63134 (314) 426-5500.
Dated: August 27, 1996.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-22432 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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