[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13574-13575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05820]


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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 April 16, 2015, 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 [ACWS] and 
the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee [TTAC]).
    SAMHSA's National Advisory Councils were established to advise the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the 
Administrator, SAMHSA; and SAMHSA's 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 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 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 April 16, 2015, combined meeting will include a report from the 
SAMHSA Administrator, discussion regarding SAMHSA's role in influencing 
the provision of treatment for mental and substance use disorders, and 
a presentation and discussion regarding the science of changing social 
norms.
    The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the SAMHSA 
building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Attendance by the 
public will be limited to space available. Interested persons may 
present data, information, or views orally or in writing, on issues 
pending before the Council. Written submissions should be forwarded to 
the contact person on or before April 6,

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2015. 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 April 
6, 2015. Five minutes will be allotted for each presentation.
    The meeting may be accessed via telephone and web conferencing will 
be available. To attend on site; obtain the call-in number, access 
code, and/or web access link; submit written or brief oral comments; or 
request special accommodations for persons with disabilities, please 
register on-line at: http://nac.samhsa.gov/Registration/meetingsRegistration.aspx, or communicate with SAMHSA's Committee 
Management Officer, LCDR Holly Berilla (see contact information below).
    Meeting information and a roster of Council members may be obtained 
either by accessing the SAMHSA Council's Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/ or by contacting LCDR 
Berilla. Substantive program information may be obtained after the 
meeting by accessing the SAMHSA Council's Web site, http://nac.samhsa.gov/, or by contacting LCDR Berilla.

    Council 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: April 16, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT, 
Open.
    Place: SAMHSA Building, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 
20850.
    Contact: LCDR Holly Berilla, Committee Management Officer and 
Designated Federal Officer, SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 1 
Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857 (mail), Telephone: 
(240) 276-1252, Fax: (240) 276-2252, Email: 
[email protected].

Summer King,
Statistician, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2015-05820 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4162-20-P