[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2346-2347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1022]


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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 
February 2003.
    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 
receive reports from several of its subcommittees, including Medicaid, 
Evidence-Based Practice/Medication Issues, Consumer Issues, Cultural 
Competence, Housing and Homelessness, Employment and Income Support, 
and Children and Families.
    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

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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: February 4, 2003, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
    Open: February 5, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Open: February 6, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Heffernan, Executive Secretary, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 13C-26, Rockville, MD 20857, 
Telephone: (301) 443-1545; Fax: (301) 480-1554, e-mail: 
[email protected], Web site: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.

    Dated: January 13, 2003.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-1022 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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