[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
combined meeting on August 9, 2012, of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) four National Advisory 
Councils (the SAMHSA National Advisory Council (NAC), the Center for 
Mental Health Services NAC, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
NAC, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment NAC), and the two SAMHSA 
Advisory Committees (Advisory Committee for Women's Services, and the 
Tribal Technical Advisory Committee).
    The Councils were established to advise the Secretary, Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Administrator, SAMHSA, and 
Center Directors, concerning matters relating to the activities carried 
out by and through the Centers and the policies respecting such 
activities.
    Under Section 501 of the Public Health Service Act, the Advisory 
Committee for Women's Services (ACWS) is statutorily mandated to advise 
the SAMHSA Administrator and the Associate Administrator for Women's 
Services on appropriate activities to be undertaken by SAMHSA and its 
Centers with respect to women's substance abuse and mental health 
services.
    Pursuant to Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 6, 
2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, SAMHSA 
established the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) for working 
with Federally-recognized Tribes to enhance the government-to-
government relationship, honor Federal trust responsibilities and 
obligations to Tribes and American Indian and Alaska Natives. The 
SAMHSA TTAC serves as an advisory body to SAMHSA.
    The August 9 combined meeting will include a report from the SAMHSA 
Administrator, an update on SAMHSA's Budget, an update on health reform 
and a discussion regarding the impact of federal health reform and 
state budgets on mental health and substance abuse programs.
    The meeting is open to the public and will be held online via 
Microsoft Office 2007 Live Meeting. Interested persons may present 
data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending 
before the committee. Written submissions should be forwarded to the 
contact person on or before August 1, 2012. Oral presentations from the 
public will be scheduled at the conclusion of the meeting. Individuals 
interested in making oral presentations are encouraged to notify the 
contact on or before August 1, 2012. Five minutes will be allotted for 
each presentation.
    Substantive program information may be obtained after the meeting 
by accessing the SAMHSA Committee web site, http://nac.samhsa.gov/, or 
by contacting Ms. Wood.

    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; SAMHSA's Advisory Committee for 
Women's Services; SAMHSA Tribal Technical Advisory Committee.
    Date/Time/Type: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 
EDT(OPEN)
    Place: Live meeting webcast: https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/nc/join.php?i=PA8938727&p=SAMHSA&t=c
    Contact: Geretta Wood, Committee Management Officer and 
Designated Federal Official, SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 
SAMHSA's Advisory Committee for Women's Services, 1 Choke Cherry 
Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240) 276-2326, Fax: 
(240) 276-2253 and Email: [email protected].

Summer King,
Statistician, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-17691 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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