[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52433-52434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22025]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Notice of a Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) National Advisory Council in September 2000.
    The SAMHSA National Advisory Council meeting will be open and will 
include a follow up to the May 12 SAMHSA National Advisory Council 
Meeting; a discussion concerning SAMHSA's budget; a report on recently 
released results from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse; a 
panel discussion on SAMHSA's mental health and substance abuse data 
systems; and a discussion on SAMHSA Centers' Technical Assistance 
Activities and Funding. Other significant issues to be discussed with 
the Council will be SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiatives and the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its impact on 
substance abuse and mental health programs. In addition, there will be 
reports by the Council's workgroups on co-occurring addictive and 
mental disorders, quality care, data, HIV/AIDS, children, communication 
and parity.
    Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. 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. 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/Time: Thursday, September 14, 2000, 9:00 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. 
(Open); Friday, September 15, 2000, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Open).
    Place: Bethesda Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pook's Hill Road, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20814.
    Contact: Toian Vaughn, Executive Secretary, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Parklawn Building, Room 17-89, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 
443-4266; FAX: (301) 443-1587 and e-mail: [email protected].



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    Dated: August 23, 2000.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, SAMHSA.
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