[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5116-5117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02172]


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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 February 15, 2018, 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

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Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Assistant 
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, 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 Assistant Secretary for 
Mental Health and Substance Use 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, and 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 meeting will include remarks from the Assistant Secretary for 
Mental Health and Substance Use; SAMHSA's priorities and updates by the 
Centers and Office Directors; a presentation on the Report to Congress 
on the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee 
(ISMICC); a presentation on SAMHSA's role in recent behavioral health 
responses to disasters; and a council discussion.
    The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. 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 by February 8, 
2018. 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 by February 8, 2018. 
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, CDR Carlos Castillo (see contact information 
below).
    Meeting information and a roster of Council members may be obtained 
either by accessing the SAMHSA Council's website at http://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/ or by contacting CDR 
Castillo. Substantive program information may be obtained after the 
meeting by accessing the SAMHSA Council's website, http://nac.samhsa.gov/, or by contacting CDR Castillo.

    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
Advisory Committee for Women's Services Tribal Technical Advisory 
Committee

    Date/Time/Type: February 15, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 4:25 p.m. EDT, 
Open.
    Place: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Contact: CDR Carlos Castillo, Committee Management Officer and 
Designated Federal Official, SAMHSA National Advisory Council, Room 
18E77A, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 (mail), Telephone: 
(240) 276-2787, Email: [email protected].

Carlos Castillo,
Committee Management Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2018-02172 Filed 2-2-18; 8:45 am]
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