[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29053-29055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13672]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Meetings and Workshops
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the
meetings and workshops of five Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) advisory committees (SAMHSA National
Advisory Council, Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory
Council, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National Advisory
Council, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Advisory
Council, and the Advisory Committee for Women's Services) in June 1999.
The Workshops on June 9 will be open and focus on substance abuse
and mental health issues related to legislation, systems linkages of
services, and consumer involvement.
The meeting on June 10 will be an open combined session of the
committees and will include discussions of SAMHSA's policy and program
issues, and SAMHSA's Fiscal Year 2000 budget, and reports from the June
9 workshops. There will also be updates on the Councils' workgroup
activities, on SAMHSA's National Household Survey and Drug Abuse, a
presentation on the national tracking of welfare reform, and a
presentation from the Health Care Financing Administration.
Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public
comments are welcome, and interested persons may present information or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committees.
Those desiring to make formal presentations should contact Ms. Diane
McMenamin, Director, Division of Extramural Activities, Policy and
Review, Office of Policy and Program Coordination, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 17-89, Rockville, Maryland 20857, prior to June 4, 1999, and
submit a brief statement of the general nature of the information or
arguments they wish to present, the names, addresses, and telephone
number of proposed participants, identification of organizational
affiliation, and an indication of the approximate time required to make
their comments. Time for presentations may be limited by the number of
requests. Photocopies, up to five pages of material, may be distributed
at the meeting through the SAMHSA National Advisory Council Executive
Secretary, if provided by June 4. If anyone needs special
accommodations for persons with disabilities, please notify the contact
listed below.
Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and a
roster of committee members may be obtained from Toian Vaughn,
Executive Secretary, SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 17-89, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-4266,
e-mail: [email protected].
Committee Names: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, National Advisory Council, Center for Mental Health
Services National Advisory Council, Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention National Advisory Council, Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment National Advisory Council, Advisory Committee for Women's
Services.
Meeting Date(s): June 9-10, 1999.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, Haverford and Baccarat
Suites, One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Open: June 9, 1999, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., June 10, 1999, 8:30
a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Contact: Toian Vaughn, Executive Secretary, SAMHSA National
Advisory Council, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17-89, Rockville, Maryland
20857, Telephone (301) 443-4266 and FAX: (301) 443-1587, and e-mail:
[email protected].
In addition, the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) National
Advisory Council will hold an individual meeting. A portion of the
meeting will be open and will include
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a roll call, the CMHS Director's Report, a discussion of the biennial
publication, Mental Health, United States, 1998 (MHUS98), a report from
the National Institute of Mental Health, an update on consumer affairs
policy issues, and an update on the School Violence Initiative.
Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Please
notify the Contact listed below to make arrangements to comment or to
request special accommodations for persons with disabilities.
The meeting will also include the review, discussion, and
evaluation of individual grant applications. Therefore a portion, of
the meeting will be closed to the public as determined by the
Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3),
and (6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d).
Substance program information, a summary of the meeting, and a
roster of Council members may be obtained from: Anne Mathews-Younes,
Ed.D., Executive Secretary, CMHS National Advisory Council, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 18 C-07, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301)
443-0554.
Substantive program information may be obtained from the contact
whose name and telephone number is listed below.
Committee Name: Center for Mental Health Services National
Advisory Council.
Meeting Date: June 8, 1999.
Place: Center for Mental Health Services, Parklawn Building,
5600 Fishers Lane, Conference Room D, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Closed: June 8, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.,
Open: June 8, 1999, 10:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Anne Mathews-Younes, Ed.D., Executive Secretary, Room
18-07, Parklawn Building, Rockville, Maryland, Telephone: (301) 443-
0554 and FAX: (301) 443-7912.
In addition, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
National Advisory Council will hold an individual meeting. The meeting
will be open and will include presentations of CSAP programs, an update
on CSAP's budget, and discussions of administrative matters and
announcements. Attendance by the public will be limited to space
available. Please notify the Contact listed below to make arrangements
to comment or to request special accommodations for persons with
disabilities.
Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and
roster of committee members may be obtained from the contact whose name
and telephone number is listed above.
Committee Name: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention National
Advisory Council.
Meeting Dates: June 9, 1999.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, Cabinet/Judiciary Suite,
One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Contact: Yuth Nimit, Ph.D., 5515 Security Lane, Rockwall II
Building, Suite 901, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone: (301)
443-8455 and FAX: (301) 443-6394.
In addition, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
National Advisory Council will hold an individual meeting. A portion of
the meeting will be open and include discussions of the Center's
National Treatment Plan, policy issues and current administrative,
legislative, and program developments. Reports to the Council will
include NPRM on Opiod Treatment Accreditation, SAMHSA/CSAT
Communication Strategies, Buprenorphine, Co-occurring and HIV/AIDS
Subcommittees, the Alliance Project, ONDCP Media Campaign, and the ACF
Report on Child Welfare. Attendance by the public will be limited to
space available. Please notify the Contact listed below to make
arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for
persons with disabilities.
The meeting will also include the review, discussion, and
evaluation of a single source grant application. Therefore a portion of
the meeting will be closed to the public as determined by the
Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3),
(4), and (6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 10(d).
Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and
roster of committee members may be obtained from the contact whose name
and telephone number is listed below.
Committee Name: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National
Advisory Council.
Meeting Date: June 11, 1999.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Closed: June 11, 1999, 8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.,
Open: June 11, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Marjorie M. Cashion, Executive Secretary, Rockwall II
Building, Suite 619, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone: (301) 443-8923 and FAX: (301) 480-6077.
In addition, the SAMHSA National Advisory Council will hold an
individual meeting. The meeting will be open and will include follow up
to the January 26 SAMHSA National Advisory Council meeting and the June
9-10 Joint Council workshops and meeting, and an update on the
Council's workgroup activities. There will be discussions on the Office
of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) National Media Campaign, on
CSAP's involvement with ONDCP's National Media Campaign, and CMHS'
transitioning youth issues.
Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public
comments are welcome. Please notify the Contact listed below to make
arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for
persons with disabilities.
Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and a
roster of Council members may be obtained from the contact whose name
and telephone number is listed below.
Committee Name: SAMHSA National Advisory Council.
Date: June 11, 1999.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, Diplomat-Ambassador Room,
One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Open: June 11, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Contact: Toian Vaughn, Executive Secretary, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 17-89, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-4266 and FAX:
(301) 443-1587, and e-mail: [email protected].
In addition, the Advisory Committee for Women's Services will hold
its individual meeting. The meeting will be open and will include
discussions of policy and program issues; the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget;
and FY 1999 Knowledge Development and Application Grants.
Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public
comments are welcome. Please notify the Contact listed below to make
arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for
persons with disabilities.
Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and a
roster of committee members may be obtained from the Contact whose name
and telephone number is listed below.
Committee Name: Advisory Committee for Women's Services.
Date: June 11, 1999.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, One Bethesda Metro Center,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Open: June 11, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Duiona R. Baker, Executive Secretary, Parklawn
Building, Rm. 13-99, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,
Telephone: (301) 443-5184 and Fax: (301) 443-8964 and, e-mail:
[email protected].
This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the
meeting due to the urgent need to meet time limitations imposed by the
review and funding cycle.
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Dated: May 25, 1999.
Sandra Stephens,
Acting Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-13672 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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