[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45665-45666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18783]
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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 August 27, 2015, 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
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Abuse Prevention NAC, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment NAC) and
the two SAMHSA Advisory Committees (Advisory Committee for Women's
Services [ACWS] and the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee [TTAC]).
SAMHSA's National Advisory Councils were established to advise the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the
Administrator, SAMHSA; and SAMHSA's 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 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 E.O. No. 13175, November 6, 2000, and the
Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, SAMHSA established the
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 August 27, 2015, combined meeting will include a report from
the SAMHSA Administrator, discussion regarding SAMHSA's role in public
health crises response, a presentation and panel discussion on the
National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP), and
discussion regarding the Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO).
The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the SAMHSA
building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Attendance by the
public will be limited to space available. Interested persons may
present data, information, or views orally or in writing, on issues
pending before the Council. Written submissions should be forwarded to
the contact person on or before August 17, 2015. 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 August 17, 2015. Five minutes will be
allotted for each presentation.
The meeting may be accessed via telephone and web conferencing will
be available. To attend on site; obtain the call-in number, access
code, and/or web access link; submit written or brief oral comments; or
request special accommodations for persons with disabilities, please
register on-line at: http://nac.samhsa.gov/Registration/meetingsRegistration.aspx, or communicate with SAMHSA's Committee
Management Officer, CDR Carlos Castillo (see contact information
below).
Meeting information and a roster of Council members may be obtained
either by accessing the SAMHSA Council's Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/ or by contacting CDR
Castillo. Substantive program information may be obtained after the
meeting by accessing the SAMHSA Council's Web site, http://nac.samhsa.gov/, or by contacting CDR Castillo.
Council 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: August 27, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT, Open.
Place: SAMHSA Building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland
20857.
Contact: CDR Carlos Castillo, Committee Management Officer and
Designated Federal Officer, SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 1 Choke
Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857 (mail), Telephone: (240) 276-
2787, Fax: (240) 276-2252, Email: [email protected].
Janine Denis Cook,
Chemist, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2015-18783 Filed 7-30-15; 8:45 am]
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