[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14954]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; Notice 
of Meeting

    Pursuant to Executive Order 13263, notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in 
June, 2002.
    The meeting will be open and will consider how to best accomplish 
the Commission's mandate to conduct a comprehensive study of the United 
States mental health service delivery system and to make 
recommendations on improving the delivery of public and private mental 
health services for adults and children. It will, among other things, 
seek to establish issue priorities for the Commission, and will discuss 
administrative matters, including how to best receive public input on 
particular areas of interest.
    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 Commission members may be obtained from the contact whose 
name and telephone number is listed below.
    Committee Name: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental 
Health.
    Meeting Date/Time: June 18, 2002, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; June 19, 
2002, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Place: Ritz Carlton at Pentagon City, 1250 S. Hayes Street, Salon 
III, Arlington, Virginia 22202.
    Contact: Claire Heffernan, Executive Secretary 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Parklawn Building, Room 13C-26 Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 
443-1545; Fax: (301) 480-1554 and e-mail: [email protected].
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the difficulty in coordinating the scheduling of the 
Commissioners and the urgent need to begin considering important mental 
health issues so as to present recommendations to the President in a 
timely fashion as set out in Executive Order No. 13263 (April 29, 
2002).

    Dated: June 7, 2002.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-14954 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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