[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 35979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16217]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Advisory Committee for Women's Services; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 
(SAMHSA) Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS) on August 10, 
2017.
    The meeting will include discussions on the role of SAMHSA's Office 
of the Chief Medical Officer and emerging issues for women; a follow-up 
discussion on the Office of Women's Health Report on Women and Opioids; 
the invisibility of American Indian/American Native women; Legislative 
updates, including the Cures Act and the Comprehensive Addiction 
Recovery Act; and a conversation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Mental Health and Substance Use.
    The meeting is open to the public and will be held at SAMHSA, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, in Conference Room 5E45. 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 committee. Written submissions should be 
forwarded to the contact person (below) by August 2, 2017. 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 person on or before August 2, 2017. 
Five minutes will be allotted for each presentation.
    The meeting may be accessed via telephone. To attend on site, 
obtain the call-in number and access code, 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 
Designated Federal Officer, Ms. Nadine Benton (see contact information 
below).
    Substantive meeting information and a roster of Committee members 
may be obtained either by accessing the SAMHSA Committees' Web https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/meetings, or by contacting 
Ms. Benton.
    Committee Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Advisory Committee for Women's Services (ACWS).
    Date/Time/Type: Thursday, August 2, 2017, from: 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 
p.m. EDT.
    Open:
    Place: SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Conference Room 5N76, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857.
    Contact: Nadine Benton, Designated Federal Official, SAMHSA's 
Advisory Committee for Women's Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857, Telephone: (240) 276-0127, Fax: (240) 276-2252, Email: 
[email protected].

Brian Makela,
Chemist, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-16217 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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