[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04181]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the
combined meeting on March 15, 2013, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST via
teleconference, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's (SAMHSA) four National Advisory Councils (the SAMHSA
National Advisory Council (NAC), the Center for Mental Health Services
NAC, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention NAC, the Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment NAC), and the two SAMHSA Advisory Committees
(Advisory Committee for Women's Services, and the Tribal Technical
Advisory Committee).
The Councils were established to advise the Secretary, Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Administrator, SAMHSA, and
Center Directors, concerning matters relating to the activities carried
out by and through the Centers and the policies respecting such
activities.
Under Section 501 of the Public Health Service Act, the Advisory
Committee for Women's Services (ACWS) is statutorily mandated to advise
the SAMHSA Administrator and the Associate Administrator for Women's
Services on appropriate activities to be undertaken by SAMHSA and its
Centers with respect to women's substance abuse and mental health
services.
Pursuant to Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 6,
2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, SAMHSA
established the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) for working
with Federally-recognized Tribes to enhance the government-to-
government relationship, honor Federal trust responsibilities and
obligations to Tribes and American Indian and Alaska Natives. The
SAMHSA TTAC serves as an advisory body to SAMHSA.
The meeting is open and will include discussion of the President's
plan to increase access to mental health services.
The public is invited to listen to the teleconference meeting.
Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or
in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions
should be forwarded to the contact person on or before March 11, 2013.
Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled at the conclusion
of the meeting. Individuals interested in making oral presentations are
encouraged to notify the contact on or before March 11, 2013. Five
minutes will be allotted for each presentation.
Substantive program information may be obtained after the meeting
by accessing the SAMHSA Committee web site, http://nac.samhsa.gov/, or
by contacting Ms. Wood. The transcript for the meeting will also be
available on the SAMHSA Committee Web site within three weeks after the
meeting.
Committee Names:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Advisory Council,
Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory Council,
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory Council,
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Advisory Council,
SAMHSA's Advisory Committee for Women's Services,
SAMHSA Tribal Technical Advisory Committee.
Date/Time/Type: March 15, 2013, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST OPEN.
Place: Teleconference.
Dial in number: 888-677-8206; Participant passcode: GWOOD.
Contact: Geretta Wood, Committee Management Officer and
Designated Federal Official, SAMHSA National Advisory Council,
SAMHSA's Advisory Committee for Women's Services, 1 Choke Cherry
Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240) 276-2326, Fax:
(240) 276-2253 and Email: [email protected].
Cathy Friedman,
SAMHSA, Public Health Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2013-04181 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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