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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 

Advisory Committee on Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War 
Veterans; Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) give notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment 
of Vietnam and Other War Veterans will be help April 14 through 16, 
1994. This meeting will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA 
facilities in El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
The Committee will also visit the Hopi Indian Reservation in northern 
Arizona to review on-site Vet Center services. The purpose of the 
meeting is to provide the Committee a first hand opportunity to review 
the provision and coordination of VA services for war-related post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other readjustment difficulties 
specific to war veterans. For this purpose the Committee will tour 
facilities, and engage in discussions with VA service providers and 
veteran consumers.
    The meeting on April 14, will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 
4:30 p.m. The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at three 
different locations. Specifically the Committee will visit the 
Albuquerque VA Medical Center and Vet Center, the El Paso VA Outpatient 
Clinic and the Vet Center counselor on the Hopi Reservation. The day's 
agenda will consist of direct observations of VA readjustment 
counseling and mental health services with particular attention to the 
PTSD Clinical Teams at the Albuquerque VA Medical Center and the El 
Paso VA Outpatient Clinic. An additional focus for the meeting is 
continuity of care and clinical follow-up between area VA medical 
centers and Vet Centers.
    The meeting on April 15 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 
p.m. The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently at 
three different locations. The morning portion of the agenda will 
consist of a continuation of direct observations of VA programs and 
facilities at the El Paso Vet Center, the Santa Fe Vet Center, and the 
Hopi Reservation in Northern Arizona. The afternoon portion of the 
meeting will consist of local community forum meetings and group 
discussions with non-VA officials and service providers regarding the 
post-war readjustment and service needs of area war veterans with 
special emphasis on Native American, Hispanic and rural veterans. The 
meetings will be conducted at the Santa Fe Vet Center, 1996 Warner 
Street, Warner Plaza, Suite 5, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the El Paso Vet 
Center, 6500 Boeing, Suite L-112, El Paso, Texas, and at the Hopi 
Cultural Center, 1500 Highway 69, Second Mesa, Arizona. The meeting on 
April 16 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. The third day's 
agenda will consist of a Committee executive meeting regarding a review 
of findings, conclusions, recommendations and future work plans. The 
meeting will be conducted at the Ramada Classic Hotel, 6815 Menaul, NE, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 
April 14, and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 15, in 
accordance with the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 522b(c)(6) pursuant to 
subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. During this 
portion of the meeting the Committee will be engaging in discussions 
with VA clinical service providers and veteran consumers. These 
discussions will disclose information of a personal nature for veteran 
patients with would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy. The meeting on April 15 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 
on April 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be open to the public to the 
seating capacity of the room.
    Anyone having questions concerning the meeting may contact Arthur 
S. Blank, Jr., M.D., Director, Readjustment Counseling Service, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office at (202) 535-7554.

    Dated: March 23, 1994.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-7932 Filed 4-1-94; 8:45 am]
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