[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]
 BILLING CODE 4162-20-P