[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45479-45480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22718]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment 
of Veterans will be held September 11 through 13, 1997. This meeting 
will be a field meeting conducted primarily at VA facilities in New 
York City and White River Junction, Vermont. The committee will also 
visit the VA Vet Centers in Bangor, and Caribou, Maine, 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 disorders (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 September 11 will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5 
p.m. The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at three different 
locations. Specifically, the Committee will visit the Manhattan, New 
York VA Medical Center and Vet Center. The day's agenda will consist of 
direct observations of VA readjustment counseling and mental health 
services with particular attention to PTSD programs. An additional 
focus for the meeting is continuity of care and clinical follow-up 
between area VA medical centers and Vet Centers. Two separate Committee 
subgroups will visit the White River Junction, Vermont, VA Medical 
Center and Vet Center, and the Caribou, Maine, Vet Center to review 
available services and meet with area veterans.
    The meeting on September 12 will also begin at 8 a.m. and conclude 
at 5 p.m. The second day's agenda will also be conducted concurrently 
at three different locations. The primary agenda will consist of a 
continuation of direct observations of VA programs and facilities at 
the Harlem, and Brooklyn,

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New York, Vet Centers. Concurrently, two separate full Committee 
subgroups will be visiting with VA service providers and local veterans 
at the White River Junction, Vermont, and Bangor, Maine, Vet Centers. 
The Committee will also tour the facility and review national 
operations for VA's National Center for PTSD at White River Junction, 
Vermont. The third day's agenda will consist of a full Committee 
executive meeting regarding a review of findings, conclusions, 
recommendations and future plans. The meeting will be conducted at the 
St. Moritz on the Park Hotel, 50 Central Park South, New York New York.
    The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 
September 11, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12, in 
accordance with the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(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. 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 Saturday, September 13, from 8 a.m. to 
1 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: August 19, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-22718 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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