Amendment to the Charter of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation

Zusammenfassung

The Acting Administrator, HRSA, announces an amendment to the Charter of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) to expand the scope of its responsibilities and increase the size of its membership. In addition to its current responsibilities, the Committee has been charged with advising the Secretary on ways to improve Federal and other efforts to increase organ donation nationally. The number of allowable Committee members has been increased from 20 to 41. Further, it has been specified that the term of service of the Committee Chairperson shall be 1 year; new member terms have been restricted to 2, 3 and 4 years; management and support services have been transferred to the Office of SpecialPrograms, HRSA; and meeting frequency has been specified as approximately 3 times per year. Revised annual cost estimates have been provided.