[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6576-6577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3156]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Notice of Meetings

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
meetings of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA's) Advisory Committee for Women's Services and 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Drug Testing Advisory Board in 
February and March, 1998.
    The meeting of the Advisory Committee for Women's Services will 
include a discussion of and update on policy and program issues 
relating to women's substance abuse and mental health service needs at 
SAMHSA, including the SAMHSA Fiscal Year 1998 budget and the 
President's Fiscal Year 99 budget; Knowledge Development and 
Application Grants; and future women's policy and program directions at 
SAMHSA.
    Public comments are welcome. Please communicate with the individual 
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as Contact below to make arrangements to comment or to request special 
accommodations for persons with disabilities.
    A summary of the meeting and/or a roster of committee members may 
be obtained from: Pamela M. Perry, Executive Secretary, Advisory 
Committee for Women's Services, Office for Women's Services, SAMHSA, 
Parklawn Building, Room 13-99, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, Telephone: (301) 443-5184, e-mail: [email protected].
    Substantive information may be obtained from the contact whose name 
and telephone number is listed below.
    Committee Name: Advisory Committee for Women's Services.
    Meeting Date(S): February 23-24, 1998.
    Place: Twinbrook Room, DoubleTree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852.
    Open: February 23, 1998, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; February 24. 1998, 
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    Contact: Pamela M. Perry, Room 13-99, Parklawn Building, Telephone 
(301) 443-5184.
    The first day (March 10) of the Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB) 
meeting will be open and will include a roll call, general 
announcements, and a discussion of various program , procedural, and 
technical issues. The preliminary agenda for the open session includes, 
but is not limited to, the following topics: brief review of the new 
opiate testing levels, FDA policy on home collection/test kits, a new 
policy for testing adulterated specimens, proposed policy for reporting 
results electronically, and testing alternative specimens and 
technologies. Public comments are welcome. Please communicate with the 
individual listed as Contact below to make arrangements to comment or 
to request special accommodations for persons with disabilities.
    The second day (March 11) of the DTAB meeting involves the review 
of sensitive National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP) internal 
operating procedures and program development issues. Therefore, the 
second day of the meeting will be closed to the public as determined by 
the Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2), 
(4), and (6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d).
    An agenda for this meeting and a roster of board members may be 
obtained from: Ms. Giselle Hersh, Division of Workplace Programs, Room 
12A-54, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone (301) 443-
6014.
    Substance program information may be obtained from the Contact 
whose name and telephone number is listed below.
    Committee Name: Drug Testing Advisory Board.
    Meeting Date: March 10-11, 1998
    Place: Gaithersburg Hilton, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 
20877.
    Open: March 10, 1998, 8:30 a.m.--4:00 p.m.
    Closed: March 11, 1998, 8:30 a.m.--4:00 p.m.
    Contact: Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Telephone: 
(301) 443-6014 and FAX:(301) 443-3031.

    Dated: February 3, 1998.
Jeri Lipov,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-3156 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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