[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36109-36110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17364]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War 
Veterans, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Pub. L. 
92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of 
Vietnam and Other War Veterans will be held July 25 and 26, 1996. This 
meeting will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA facilities in 
Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. The Committee will also visit the 
Colville, Lumni and Tulalip Indian Reservations in eastern and central 
Washington to review the availability of services for area rural and 
minority veterans. 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 July 25 will begin at 8: a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. 
The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at two different 
locations. Specifically the Committee will visit the American Lake VA 
Medical Center and the Tacoma Vet Center. The day's agenda will consist 
of direct observations of VA readjustment counseling and mental health 
services with particular attention to the PTSD Clinical Team at the 
American Lake VA Medical Center. An additional focus for the meeting is 
continuity of care and clinical follow-up between area VA medical 
centers and Vet Centers. A separate Committee group will visit the 
Colville Indian Reservation in Nespelem, Washington to review available 
services and meet with area veterans.
    The meeting on July 26 will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. 
The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently at two 
different locations. The regular agenda will consist of a continuation 
of direct observations of VA programs and facilities at the Seattle VA 
Medical Center and Vet Center. Concurrently a separate Committee 
subgroup will be visiting with local veterans at the Lumni and Tulalip 
Indian Reservations in Bellingham and Marysville, Washington. In 
addition to the regular agenda the Committee will conduct a local 
community forum meeting and group discussion with VA and non-VA 
officials and service providers, and local veteran representatives 
regarding the post-war readjustment and service needs of area war 
veterans. The meeting will be conducted from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the 
Seattle Vet Center, 2230 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98121.
    The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 
25, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 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

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consumers. The discussions will disclose information of a personal 
nature for veteran patients which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The meeting on July 26 from 5 
p.m. to 7 p.m. will be open to the public to the seating capacity of 
the facility.
    Anyone having questions concerning the meeting may contact Alfonso 
R. Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Director, Readjustment Counseling Service, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office at (202) 273-8967.

    Dated: June 26, 1996.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-17364 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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