[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23755-23756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09592]
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Sunshine Act Meetings
Time and Dates: The Members of the National Council on Disability
(NCD) will hold a quarterly meeting on Thursday, May 5, 2016, 1:00
p.m.-4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), and on Friday, May 6, 2016,
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) in Washington, DC.
Place: The meeting will occur at a different location each day. On
Thursday, the quarterly meeting will be held at the White House Old
Executive Office Building. The location, due to security clearance
considerations, will not be open to the public for in-person
attendance, however the quarterly meeting's proceedings will be
available by phone to all interested parties (in a listen-only capacity
with the exception of the public comment period). Interested parties
may access Thursday's meeting's proceedings by phone by using the
following call-in number: 888-428-9490; passcode: 9482562. If asked,
the call host's name is Clyde Terry. On Friday, the quarterly meeting
will be held at the Access Board Conference Room, 1331 F Street NW.,
Suite 800, Washington, DC. Interested parties may join the meeting in
person or by phone in a listening-only capacity (with the exception of
the public comment period) using the following call-in number: 888-428-
9490; passcode: 9482562. If asked, the call host's name is Clyde Terry.
Matters to be Considered: The Council will host a strategy session on
legislative and other next steps for its 2012 ``Rocking the Cradle''
report on the rights of parents with disabilities and their children;
and hear policy presentations on the topics of mental health services
in higher education, and Medicaid managed care and the direct care
workforce. The Council will also receive reports from its standing
committees; and receive public comment during two town halls, on the
topics of mental health services in higher education; and challenges of
the direct care workforce.
Agenda: The times provided below are approximations for when each
agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all times Eastern):
Thursday, May 5
1:00-4:00 p.m.--Strategy session on legislative and other next steps
for NCD's 2012 ``Rocking the Cradle'' report on the rights of parents
with disabilities and their children.
4:00 p.m.--Adjourn
Friday, May 6
9:00-9:30 a.m.--Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:15 a.m.--Update on the Progress Report
10:15-10:30 a.m.--Break
10:30-11:15 a.m.--Mental Health Services in Higher Education Panel
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11:15-11:45 a.m.--Town Hall to Receive Comments on Mental Health
Services in Higher Education
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.--Lunch Break
12:45-1:30 p.m.--Medicaid Managed Care and Challenges for the Direct
Care Workforce
1:30-2:00 p.m.--Town Hall to Receive Comments on Direct Care Workforce
Challenges
2:00-2:15 p.m.--Break
2:15-3:30 p.m.--Council discussion about next fiscal year's policy
priorities
3:30-4:30 p.m.--NCD Business Meeting
4:30 p.m.--Adjournment
Public Comment: To better facilitate NCD's public comment, any
individual interested in providing public comment is asked to register
his or her intent to provide comment in advance by sending an email to
[email protected] with the subject line ``Public Comment'' with
your name, organization, state, and topic of comment included in the
body of your email. Full-length written public comments may also be
sent to that email address. All emails to register for public comment
at the quarterly meeting must be received by Wednesday, May 4, 2016.
Priority will be given to those individuals who are in-person to
provide their comments during the town hall portions of the agenda.
Those commenters on the phone will be called on according to the list
of those registered via email. Due to time constraints, NCD asks all
commenters to limit their comments to three minutes. Comments received
at the May quarterly meeting will be limited to those regarding mental
health services in higher education, and challenges to the direct care
workforce, each during its respective slot of time for the themed town
hall as previously noted in the agenda.
Contact Person: Anne Sommers, NCD, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 850,
Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (V), 202-272-2074 (TTY).
Accommodations: A CART streamtext link has been arranged for this
teleconference meeting. The web link to access CART on Thursday, May 5,
2016 is: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=050516ncd100pm; and on
Friday, May 6, 2016 is: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=050615ncd830am.
Those who plan to attend the meeting in-person and require
accommodations should notify NCD as soon as possible to allow time to
make arrangements. To help reduce exposure to fragrances for those with
multiple chemical sensitivities, NCD requests that all those attending
the meeting in person refrain from wearing scented personal care
products such as perfumes, hairsprays, and deodorants.
Dated: April 20, 2016.
Rebecca Cokley,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-09592 Filed 4-20-16; 4:15 pm]
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