[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21510]


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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 
September 2002.
    The meeting will be open and will consider how to 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. The Commission meeting will 
focus on issues relating to children and families including access to 
and coordination of mental health services, family engagement efforts, 
school-based services, the juvenile court system and trauma-related 
issues.
    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.
    Additional information and a roster of Commission members may be 
obtained either by accessing the Commission Web site, http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov, or by communicating with the contact 
whose name and telephone number is listed below.
    Committee Name: The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental 
Health.
    Meeting Date/Time: Open: September 11, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 
p.m., Open: September 12, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago Downtown, 600 North State 
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610.
    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]. Web 
site: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.

    Dated: August 19, 2002.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-21510 Filed 8-22-02; 8:45 am]
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