[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25818-25819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11272]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Notice of Subcommittee Meetings for the Interdepartmental Serious
Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC)
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of subcommittee meetings (virtual).
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary)
announces subcommittee meetings of the Interdepartmental Serious Mental
Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC).
The meetings are open to the public and can be accessed via
telephone only. Agenda with call-in information will be posted on the
SAMHSA website prior to the meetings at: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/meetings.
The meetings will include information on the following focus areas:
Data, Access, Treatment and Recovery, Justice, and Finance.
Committee Name: Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness
Coordinating Committee (subcommittee meetings).
DATES:
June 20, 2019/1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EDT)/OPEN/Focus Area 1: Data
June 26, 2019/9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (EDT)/OPEN/Focus Area 2: Access
June 26, 2019/9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (EDT)/OPEN/Focus Area 3: Treatment
and Recovery
June 26, 2019/10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (EDT)/OPEN/Focus Area 4: Justice
June 26, 2019/10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (EDT)/OPEN/Focus Area 5: Finance
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held (virtually) at SAMHSA
Headquarters, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Substantive meeting information and a roster of Committee members
is available at the Committee's website https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/smi-committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Foote, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 14E53C,
Rockville, MD 20857; telephone: 240-276-1279; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Authority
The ISMICC was established on March 15, 2017, in accordance with
section 6031 of the 21st Century Cures Act, and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., as amended, to report to the Secretary,
Congress, and any other relevant federal department or agency on
advances in serious mental illness (SMI) and serious emotional
disturbance (SED), research related to the prevention of, diagnosis of,
intervention in, and treatment and recovery of SMIs, SEDs, and advances
in access to services and support for adults with SMI or children with
SED. In addition, the ISMICC will evaluate the effect federal programs
related to serious mental illness have on public health, including
public health outcomes such as (A) rates of suicide, suicide attempts,
incidence and prevalence of SMIs, SEDs, and substance use disorders,
overdose, overdose deaths, emergency hospitalizations, emergency room
boarding, preventable emergency room visits, interaction with the
criminal justice system, homelessness, and unemployment; (B) increased
rates of employment and enrollment in educational and vocational
programs; (C) quality of mental and substance use disorders treatment
services; or (D) any other criteria as may be determined by the
Secretary. Finally, the ISMICC will make specific recommendations for
actions that agencies can take to better coordinate the administration
of mental health services for adults with SMI or children with SED. Not
later than 1 (one) year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century
Cures Act, and 5 (five) years after such date of enactment, the ISMICC
shall submit a report to Congress and any other relevant federal
department or agency.
II. Membership
This ISMICC consists of federal members listed below or their
designees, and non-federal public members.
Federal Membership: Members include, The Secretary of Health and
Human Services; The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance
Use; The Attorney General; The Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs; The Secretary of the Department of Defense; The Secretary of
the Department of Housing and Urban
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Development; The Secretary of the Department of Education; The
Secretary of the Department of Labor; The Administrator of the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and The Commissioner of the Social
Security Administration.
Non-federal Membership: Members include, 14 non-federal public
members appointed by the Secretary, representing psychologists,
psychiatrists, social workers, peer support specialists, and other
providers, patients, family of patients, law enforcement, the
judiciary, and leading research, advocacy, or service organizations.
The ISMICC is required to meet at least twice per year.
Carlos Castillo,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-11272 Filed 6-3-19; 8:45 am]
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