[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 57158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15311]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Joint Meeting of the National Advisory Councils

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the combined (joint) meeting on 
August 28, 2024, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will include remarks from the 
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; follow up from 
the JNAC meeting of February 28, 2024; updates from the individual 
council meetings of August 27, 2024; presentations and discussions on 
the following topics: Youth Engagement Efforts, Criminal Justice, 
Suicide Prevention, general Council discussion and Public Comments.
    The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20201, Room 
505A. Attendance by the public will be limited to space availability. 
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 August 21, 2024. Oral 
presentations from the public will be scheduled at the conclusion of 
the meeting. Individuals interested in making oral presentations must 
notify the contact by August 21, 2024. Up to three minutes will be 
allotted for each presentation, as time permits.
    The meeting may be accessed via telephone and remotely via Zoom 
platform and callers must register. 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: https://snacregister.samhsa.gov, or communicate with SAMHSA's Committee 
Management Officer, Carlos Castillo (see contact information below).
    Meeting agenda with call-in information will be posted before the 
meeting, and additional information may be obtained by accessing the 
SAMHSA advisory councils web page: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils.
    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: August 28, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT, Open.
    Place: 200 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20201, Room 505A.
    Contact: Carlos Castillo, Committee Management Officer, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 (mail), Telephone: (240) 276-
2787, Email: [email protected].
    SAMHSA's National Advisory Councils were established to advise the 
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.
    Authority: Public Law 92-463.

    Dated: July 8, 2024.
Carlos Castillo,
Committee Management Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2024-15311 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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