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This cadre of health care experts can 

serve as a ‘‘frontline’’ source of 

information to NHSC senior level 

management. NAC is committed to 

effectively implementing its mandate to 

advise the Secretary and, by 

designation, the Administrator, HRSA. 

The NAC: 

• Serves as a forum to identify the 

priorities for the NHSC and bring 

forward and anticipate future program 

issues and concerns through ongoing 

communication with program staff, 

professional organizations, communities 

and program participants; 

• Functions as a sounding board for 

proposed policy changes by utilizing the 

varying levels of expertise represented 

on the Council to advise on specific 

program areas; and 

• Develops and distributes White 

Papers and briefs that clearly state 

issues and/or concerns relating to the 

NHSC with specific recommendations 

for necessary policy revisions. 

Interested persons may nominate one 

or more qualified persons for 

membership on NAC. Nominations shall 

state that the nominee is willing to serve 

as a member of NAC and appears to 

have no conflicts of interest that would 

preclude the NAC membership. 

Potential candidates will be asked to 

provide detailed information concerning 

consultancies, research grants, or 

contracts to permit evaluation of 

possible sources of conflicts of interest. 

A curriculum vitae or resume should be 

submitted with the nomination. 

The Department of Health and Human 

Services has special interest in assuring 

that women, minority groups, and the 

physically disabled are adequately 

represented on advisory committees; 

and therefore, extends particular 

encouragement to nominations for 

appropriately qualified female, 

minority, or disabled candidates. 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Caroline Lewis, 

Associate Administrator for Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–9545 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

’’Low Income Levels’’ Used for Various 

Health Professions and Nursing 

Programs Included in Titles III, VII and 

VIII of the Public Health Service Act 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) is 

updating income levels used to identify 

a ‘‘low income family’’ for the purpose 

of determining eligibility for programs 

that provide health professions and 

nursing training for individuals from 

disadvantaged backgrounds. These 

various programs are included in Titles 

III, VII and VIII of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act. 

The Department periodically 

publishes in the Federal Register lowincome levels used to determine 

eligibility for grants and cooperative 

agreements to institutions providing 

training for (1) disadvantaged 

individuals, (2) individuals from 

disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3) 

individuals from ‘‘low-income’’

families. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

various health professions and nursing 

grant and cooperative agreement 

programs that use the low income levels 

to determine whether an individual is 

from an economically disadvantaged 

background in making eligibility and 

funding determinations generally make 

awards to: Accredited schools of 

medicine, osteopathic medicine, public 

health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, 

optometry, pharmacy, allied health 

podiatric medicine, nursing, 

chiropractic, public or private nonprofit 

schools which offer graduate programs 

in behavioral health and mental health 

practice, and other public or private 

nonprofit health or education entities to 

assist the disadvantaged to enter and 

graduate from health professions and 

nursing schools. Some programs 

provide for the repayment of health 

professions or nursing education loans 

for disadvantaged students. 

Low-Income Levels 

The Secretary defines a ‘‘low income 

family’’ for programs included in Titles 

III, VII and VIII of the Public Health 

Service Act as a family having an 

annual income that does not exceed 200 

percent of the Department’s poverty 

guidelines. A ‘‘family’’ is a group of two 

or more individuals related by birth, 

marriage, or adoption who live together 

or an individual who is not living with 

any relatives. Most HRSA programs use 

the income of the student’s parents to 

compute low income status. However, a 

few programs, depending upon the 

legislative intent of the program, 

programmatic purpose of the low 

income level, as well as the age and 

circumstances of the average 

participant, will use the student’s family 

income, as long as he or she is not listed 

as a dependent upon the parents’ tax 

form. Each program will announce the 

rationale and choice of methodology for 

determining low income levels in their 

program guidance. The Department’s 

poverty guidelines are based on poverty 

thresholds published by the U.S. Bureau 

of the Census, adjusted annually for 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

The Secretary annually adjusts the 

low income levels based on the 

Department’s poverty guidelines and 

makes them available to persons 

responsible for administering the 

applicable programs. The income 

figures below have been updated to 

reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

Index through December 31, 2006. 

Size of parents’ family* Income level**

1 ............................................ $20,420 

2 ............................................ 27,380 

3 ............................................ 34,340 

4 ............................................ 41,300 

5 ............................................ 48,260 

6 ............................................ 55,220 

7 ............................................ 62,180 

8 ............................................ 69,140 

* Includes only dependents listed on Federal 

income tax forms. Some programs will use the 

student’s family rather than his or her parents’

family. **Adjusted gross income for calendar year 

2006. 

Dated: May 10, 2007. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Advisory Commission on Childhood 

Vaccines; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Public Law 92–463), notice is hereby 

given of the following meeting: 

Name: Advisory Commission on 

Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). 

Date And Time: June 7, 2007, 1 p.m.—

5 p.m., EST. 

Place: (Audio Conference Call). 

The ACCV will meet on Thursday, 

June 7, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., (EST). The 

public can join the meeting via audio 

conference call by dialing 1–888–324–

8527 on June 7 and providing the 

following information: 

Leader’s Name: Dr. Geoffrey Evans. 

Password: ACCV. 

Agenda: The agenda items for the 

June meeting will include, but are not 

limited to: a summary of the ‘‘Vaccine 


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Safety Evaluation: Post-Marketing 

Surveillance’’ conference; and updates 

from the Division of Vaccine Injury 

Compensation (DVIC), Department of 

Justice, National Vaccine Program 

Office, Immunization Safety Office 

(Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention), National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases 

(National Institutes of Health), and 

Center for Biologics and Evaluation 

Research (Food and Drug 

Administration). Agenda items are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Public Comments: Persons interested 

in providing an oral presentation should 

submit a written request, along with a 

copy of their presentation to: LCDR 

Delia Jones, Principal Staff Liaison, 

DVIC, Healthcare Systems Bureau 

(HSB), Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Room 11C–26, 

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 

20857 or e-mail: djones2@hrsa.gov. 

Requests should contain the name, 

address, telephone number, and any 

business or professional affiliation of 

the person desiring to make an oral 

presentation. Groups having similar 

interests are requested to combine their 

comments and present them through a 

single representative. The allocation of 

time may be adjusted to accommodate 

the level of expressed interest. DVIC 

will notify each presenter by mail or 

telephone of their assigned presentation 

time. Persons who do not file an 

advance request for a presentation, but 

desire to make an oral statement, may 

announce it at the time of the comment 

period. These persons will be allocated 

time as it permits. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone requiring information regarding 

the ACCV should contact LCDR Delia 

Jones, Principal Staff Liaison, DVIC, 

HSB, HRSA, Room 11C–26, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; 

telephone (301) 443–6593 or e-mail: 

djones2@hrsa.gov. 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Caroline Lewis, 

Associate Administrator for Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation 

Program: National Cord Blood 

Inventory Related Cord Blood Donor 

Demonstration Project 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), HHS. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: Public Law 109–129 requires 

the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services to establish a 3-year 

demonstration project for qualified cord 

blood banks to collect and store at no 

charge to families, umbilical cord blood 

units for families where a first-degree 

relative has been diagnosed with a 

condition that may benefit from blood 

stem cell transplantation. Umbilical 

cord blood units collected through the 

demonstration project do not count 

toward the current National Cord Blood 

Inventory (NCBI) goal of 150,000 cord 

blood units to be made available 

through the C.W. Bill Young Cell 

Transplantation Program. Qualified 

umbilical cord blood banks 

participating in the demonstration 

project must provide assurances that the 

cord blood units will be available for 

directed transplantation until such time 

as the cord blood unit is needed. Within 

90 days of the termination of the 

demonstration project, the Secretary 

will submit to Congress a report on the 

outcomes of the project including 

recommendations with respect to the 

continuation of such a project. 

HRSA’s Healthcare Systems Bureau 

(HSB), Division of Transplantation 

(DoT) is in the process of informationgathering to assist in implementation of 

the related cord blood demonstration 

project. The purpose of this solicitation 

is to receive public input on the 

following: (1) The key questions that 

should be studied through this project; 

(2) the mechanism for funding this 

project; and, (3) umbilical cord blood 

bank liability. 

HRSA has identified the following 

key study questions to be considered in 

the design of this demonstration project: 

(1) What is the value and feasibility of 

implementing a long-term program 

modeled after this demonstration 

project; (2) how often and for what 

clinical indications are cord blood units 

banked through this project used for 

transplantation; (3) what is the 

breakdown of cord blood units 

collected, stored, and transplanted by 

race, ethnicity, and disease; (4) do those 

cord blood units, especially those 

released for transplant, represent rare 

Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) types 

such that the recipient would otherwise 

have been unable to find a matched 

unrelated donor; (5) how do transplant 

outcomes using these cord blood units 

compare to unrelated allogeneic 

umbilical cord blood transplants and 

unrelated allogeneic transplants using 

blood stem cells from adult donors; and, 

(6) what are the general physical 

characteristics of these units (e.g., total 

nucleated count, CD34+ content) and 

how does their quality compare to that 

of the general public inventory. 

HRSA proposes to invite the first 

cohort of umbilical cord blood banks 

receiving NCBI contracts to submit 

competitive proposals for participation 

in this demonstration project with an 

emphasis on: (1) Establishment of 

nationwide collections; and, (2) 

encouraging banks to subcontract with 

other experienced, high-quality cord 

blood banks to assist in their education, 

collection, processing, and storing 

efforts. HRSA has approximately 

$200,000 available for this 

demonstration project this fiscal year 

and anticipates selecting 2 or 3 banks to 

participate in this demonstration project 

to be funded through modification of 

their existing NCBI contracts with 

HRSA. 

HRSA recognizes the need for this 

service is likely greater than what can be 

satisfied in a limited demonstration 

project. Because of the great diversity in 

HLA types among African-Americans, 

HRSA recognizes that patients from this 

population are significantly less likely 

to find a suitably matched unrelated 

blood stem cell donor than patients 

from other racial or ethnic groups. 

Therefore, HRSA invites comments on 

the desirability of limiting participation 

to African-American families in which a 

first-degree relative has been diagnosed 

with a condition that may benefit from 

blood stem cell transplantation. 

HRSA understands that there may be 

special considerations associated with 

liability for those umbilical cord blood 

banks participating in this project. 

HRSA invites comment on how 

umbilical cord blood banks 

participating in this project may best 

address these concerns. 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments on the key 

study questions, the funding approach, 

and umbilical cord blood bank liability 

for this demonstration project to the 

address below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received at HRSA by June 18, 2007. 

Comments will be made publicly 


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