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Form Number: CMS–10891 (OMB 

control number: 0938–TBD); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments and 

Individuals or households; Number of 

Respondents: 3,460,750; Total Annual 

Responses: 3,460,750; Total Annual 

Hours: 5,517,157. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact: 

Melissa Heitt at 410–786–2484.) 

William N. Parham, III 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3471–N] 

Medicare Program; Public Meeting for 

Air Ambulance Quality & Patient Safety 

Advisory Committee—December 12, 

2024, February 18, 2025, and May 8, 

2025 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces virtual 

public meetings of the Air Ambulance 

Quality and Patient Safety (AAQPS) 

Advisory Committee. The AAQPS 

Advisory Committee will review 

options to establish quality, patient 

safety, and clinical capability standards 

for each clinical capability level of air 

ambulances. 

DATES: Virtual Meeting Dates: The 

AAQPS Advisory Committee will hold 

virtual meetings on December 12, 2024, 

February 18, 2025, and May 8, 2025, 

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern 

Time (E.T.). 

Deadline for Submitting Requests for 

Special Accommodations: Requests for 

special accommodations must be 

received at least 2 weeks before each 

meeting. 

Registration Link: The virtual 

meetings will be open to the public and 

held via the Zoom webinar platform. 

Virtual attendance information will be 

provided upon registration. To register 

for the virtual meeting, please visit: 

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/ 

regulations-guidance/advisorycommittees/advisory-committee-airambulance-quality-and-patient-safety. 

Attendance is open to the public subject 

to any technical or capacity limitations. 

Deadline for Registration: All 

individuals who plan to attend the 

virtual public meeting must register to 

attend. Request to provide oral 

comments are due at least fourteen (14) 

calendar days prior to the meeting date. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

register as far in advance of the meeting 

as possible. 

A detailed agenda and materials will 

be available prior to the meeting on the 

AAQPS Advisory Committee website at: 

https://www.cms.gov/medicare/ 

regulations-guidance/advisorycommittees/advisory-committee-airambulance-quality-and-patient-safety. 

A recording and a summary of the 

meeting will be made available on the 

AAQPS Advisory Committee website 

approximately 45 calendar days after 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual Meeting Location: 

All meetings are open to the public and 

instructions to view will be posted on 

the AAQPS Advisory Committee 

website, and upon registration. If you 

wish to provide oral comments during 

the meetings you must complete a 

registration form on the AAQPS 

Advisory Committee website at: https:// 

www.cms.gov/medicare/regulationsguidance/advisory-committees/ 

advisory-committee-air-ambulancequality-and-patient-safety, and submit a 

written copy of your remarks to 

AAQPS@cms.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Spence, CMS, at (410) 786–2000 

or via email at AAQPS@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) and 

the Secretary of Transportation 

established the Air Ambulance Quality 

and Patient Safety (AAQPS) Advisory 

Committee on August 22, 2023, in 

response to section 106 of the No 

Surprises Act, enacted as part of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 

div. BB, tit. I, Public Law 116–260 

(December 27, 2020). The AAQPS 

Advisory Committee will be tasked with 

reviewing options to establish quality, 

patient safety, and clinical capability 

standards for each clinical capability 

level of air ambulances. 

The AAQPS Advisory Committee is 

governed by the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463 (Oct. 6, 

1972), as amended by 5 U.S.C. app. 2. 

II. Advisory Committee Membership 

Roster 

On June 2, 2023, HHS published an 

Invitation for Member Nominations in 

the Federal Register for the AAQPS 

Advisory Committee (88 FR 37253). 

This notice also announces the members 

of the AAQPS Advisory Committee. 

• Jeff Richey—HHS Secretary’s 

Designee/Representative. 

• Robert Reckert—DoT Secretary’s 

Designee/Representative. 

• Ben Clayton—DoT Representative. 

• Colonel Steven L. Coffee—Patient 

Advocate. 

• Dr. Jordan Pritzker—Group Health 

Plans and Health Insurance Issuers. 

• Dr. Mark Gamber—HHS 

Representative. 

• Dr. William Hinckley—Healthcare 

Provider. 

• Eileen Frazer—Accrediting bodies. 

• Grace Arnold—State Insurance 

Regulator. 

• Jason Clark—HHS Representative. 

• Jason Quisling—DoT 

Representative. 

• Jeff Houser—DoT Representative. 

• Paul Julander—DoT Representative. 

• Thomas Judge—DoT 

Representative. 

III. Summary of the Agenda 

During the December 12, 2024, 

February 18, 2025, and May 8, 2025 

meetings, the AAQPS Advisory 

Committee will review options to 

establish quality, patient safety, and 

clinical capability standards for each 

clinical capability level of air 

ambulances. A more detailed agenda 

and meeting materials will be made 

available 3 days before the meetings on 

the AAQPS Advisory Committee 

website at https://www.cms.gov/ 

medicare/regulations-guidance/ 

advisory-committees/advisorycommittee-air-ambulance-quality-andpatient-safety. 

IV. Public Participation 

The meetings will be open to the 

public for virtual attendance on a firstcome, first-served basis, as there may be 

capacity or technical limitations. Please 

see the ADDRESSES section to view the 

meeting link. 

The Department is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, such as sign language 

interpreter, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section no later than 2 weeks 

before each meeting. 

The Department will accept oral 

comments, which must be limited to the 

objectives of the committee and limited 

to three (3) minutes per person. 

Individual members of the public who 

wish to present oral comments must 

register and provide a written copy of 

prepared remarks for inclusion in the 

meeting records and for circulation to 


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AAQPS Advisory Committee members. 

All prepared remarks submitted on time 

will be considered as part of the 

meeting’s record. 

V. Submitting Written Comments 

Members of the public may submit 

written comments for consideration by 

the Committee at any time via email to 

AAQPS@cms.hhs.gov. Additionally, 

members of the public will have the 

opportunity to submit comments during 

the December 12, 2024, February 18, 

2025, and May 8, 2025, virtual meetings 

through the chat feature of the Zoom 

webinar platform. Members of the 

public are encouraged to submit lengthy 

written comments (more than three 

sentences) to the email address above. 

Advance submissions that become part 

of the committee deliberations will 

become part of the official record of the 

meeting. 

The Administrator of CMS, Chiquita 

Brooks-LaSure, having reviewed and 

approved this document, authorizes 

Vanessa Garcia, who is the Federal 

Register Liaison, to electronically sign 

this document for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Vanessa Garcia, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2018–N–3236] 

Advisory Committee; Oncologic Drugs 

Advisory Committee; Renewal 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; renewal of Federal 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or the Agency) is 

announcing the renewal of the 

Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee 

by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

(the Commissioner). The Commissioner 

has determined that it is in the public 

interest to renew the Oncologic Drugs 

Advisory Committee for an additional 2 

years beyond the charter expiration 

date. The new charter will be in effect 

until the September 1, 2026, expiration 

date. 

DATES: Authority for the Oncologic 

Drugs Advisory Committee will expire 

on September 1, 2026, unless the 

Commissioner formally determines that 

renewal is in the public interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvette Waples, Center for Drug 

Evaluation and Research, Food and 

Drug Administration, 10903 New 

Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, 

Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 301– 

796–9001, ODAC@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.65 and approval by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and by the General Services 

Administration, FDA is announcing the 

renewal of the Oncologic Drugs 

Advisory Committee (the Committee). 

The Committee is a discretionary 

Federal advisory committee established 

to provide advice to the Commissioner. 

The Committee advises the 

Commissioner or designee in 

discharging responsibilities as they 

relate to helping to ensure safe and 

effective drugs for human use and, as 

required, any other product for which 

FDA has regulatory responsibility. 

The Committee reviews and evaluates 

data concerning the safety and 

effectiveness of marketed and 

investigational human drug products for 

use in the treatment of cancer and 

makes appropriate recommendations to 

the Commissioner. 

Pursuant to its charter, the Committee 

shall consist of a core of 13 voting 

members, including the Chair. Members 

and the Chair are selected by the 

Commissioner or designee from among 

authorities knowledgeable in the fields 

of general oncology, pediatric oncology, 

hematologic oncology, immunology 

oncology, biostatistics, and other related 

professions. Members will be invited to 

serve for overlapping terms of up to 4 

years. Non-Federal members of this 

committee will serve as Special 

Government Employees or 

representatives. Federal members will 

serve as Regular Government Employees 

or Ex-Officios. The core of voting 

members may include one technically 

qualified member, selected by the 

Commissioner or designee, who is 

identified with consumer interests and 

is recommended by either a consortium 

of consumer-oriented organizations or 

other interested persons. In addition to 

the voting members, the Committee may 

include one non-voting representative 

member who is identified with industry 

interests. There may also be an alternate 

industry representative. 

The Commissioner or designee shall 

have the authority to select members of 

other scientific and technical FDA 

advisory committees (normally not to 

exceed 10 members) to serve 

temporarily as voting members and to 

designate consultants to serve 

temporarily as voting members when: 

(1) expertise is required that is not 

available among current voting standing 

members of the Committee (when 

additional voting members are added to 

the Committee to provide needed 

expertise, a quorum will be based on the 

combined total of regular and added 

members) or (2) to comprise a quorum 

when, because of unforeseen 

circumstances, a quorum is or will be 

lacking. Because of the size of the 

Committee and the variety in the types 

of issues that it will consider, FDA may, 

in connection with a particular 

committee meeting, specify a quorum 

that is less than a majority of the current 

voting members. The Agency’s 

regulations (21 CFR 14.22(d)) authorize 

a committee charter to specify quorum 

requirements. 

If functioning as a medical device 

panel, an additional non-voting 

representative member of consumer 

interests and an additional non-voting 

representative member of industry 

interests will be included in addition to 

the voting members. 

Further information regarding the 

most recent charter and other 

information can be found at https://

www.fda.gov/advisory-committees/ 

oncologic-drugs-advisory-committee/ 

oncologic-drugs-advisory-committeeroster or by contacting the Designated 

Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). In light of the 

fact that no change has been made to the 

committee name or description of 

duties, no amendment will be made to 

21 CFR 14.100. 

This notice is issued under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). For 

general information related to FDA 

advisory committees, please visit us at 

http://www.fda.gov/ 

AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm. 

Dated: November 19, 2024. 

P. Ritu Nalubola, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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