81992 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 9, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special-Disabilities Programs, 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 

10, that a virtual meeting of the Federal 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and 

Special-Disabilities Programs will be 

held on October 21–22, 2024. The 

meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. 

Eastern Standard Time (EST) and end at 

3:00 p.m. EST on both days. The 

meeting sessions are open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetics programs designed 

to provide state-of-the-art prosthetics 

and the associated rehabilitation 

research, development, and evaluation 

of such technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special-disabilities programs, which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve Veterans with 

spinal cord injuries, blindness or visual 

impairments, loss of extremities or loss 

of function, deafness or hearing 

impairment, and other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

On Monday October 21, 2024, the 

Committee will convene open (virtual) 

sessions with introductory remarks from 

the Committee Chair; the Executive 

Director for Rehabilitation and 

Prosthetic Services; Department Senior 

Leaders and a presentation from the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Office. The Committee will hear 

presentations from various Veterans 

Health Administration National 

Program Offices on National Veterans 

Sports Programs and Special Events, 

Extended Care for Aging Populations, 

Integration of Sensory Health into 

Whole Health, and VA Care Across the 

Continuum from Amputation 

Prevention to Life-Long Care. 

On Tuesday October 22, 2024, the 

Committee will hear presentations on 

Collaborative Pain Management for 

Veterans with Disabilities, creative arts, 

adaptive sports programs, and blind and 

low vision Veterans. An update will be 

presented from Workforce Management 

and Consulting on recruitment and 

retention of rehabilitation and 

prosthetic professions. 

The public is invited to address the 

Committee during the public comment 

period, which will be open for 30 

minutes from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST 

on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. In the 

interest of time, each speaker will be 

held to a 3-minute time limit. Members 

of the public who are unable to attend 

virtually may submit one-page 

summaries of their written statements 

for Committee review. Written 

comments may be received no later than 

October 14, 2024, for Committee 

discussion and inclusion in the official 

meeting record. Please send these 

comments to Ms. Linda Picon, M.C.D., 

Designated Federal Officer, 

Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services, 

Veterans Health Administration at 

Linda.Picon@va.gov or 202–870–1155. 

Members of the public seeking 

additional information or those who 

wish to obtain a copy of the agenda 

should contact Linda Picon. Members of 

the public may attend the meeting by 

joining the WebEx link below: 

https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/

veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=

m069d89ed3bd8134bcc

42d0655c113194 

Audio Only 404.397.1596/Access Code 

2820 175 8989 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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