Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 28 / Thursday, February 11, 2016 / Notices 7359 

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 25, 2016, 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 February 25, 2016 combined 

meeting will include a report from the 

Administrator on SAMHSA’s priorities 

and updates; a presentation about the 

Heroin Taskforce by the CSAP Director; 

several breakout groups on the 

following topics: Protecting Access to 

Medicare Act Section 223; Early Serious 

Mental Illness; Mental Health Parity and 

Addiction Equity; HHS and SAMHSA’s 

Initiatives on Opioids; and Social 

Determinants of Health; followed by a 

presentation on the Tribal Behavioral 

Health Agenda by the Director of the 

Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy 

(OTAP). 

The meeting is open to the public and 

will be held at the Bethesda North 

Marriot and Conference Center, 5701 

Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD 20852. 

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 February 15, 2016. 

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 February 15, 2016. 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 Web site at http://

www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisorycouncils/ or by contacting CDR Castillo. 

Substantive program information may 

be obtained after the meeting by 

accessing the SAMHSA Council’s Web 

site, 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 25, 2016, 

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT, Open. 

Place: Bethesda North Marriott and 

Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

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: carlos.castillo@

samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Summer King, 

Statistician, SAMHSA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Center for Substance Abuse 

Treatment; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, 

notice is hereby given that the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 

(CSAT) National Advisory Council will 

meet on February 24, 2016, 9:00 a.m.– 

5:00 p.m. (EDT). 

The meeting is open and will include 

consideration of minutes from the 

SAMHSA CSAT NAC meeting of August 

26, 2015, the CSAT Director’s report, 

budget update, a presentation related to 

the opiate use disorders among Native 

Americans, a presentation related to the 

effects of the opioid epidemic on youth 

and young people, a presentation 

related to substance use disorders and 

criminal justice reform, a presentation 

related to peer recovery support services 

in diverse settings, an overview of 

Recovery Month. 

The meeting will be held at the 

SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 

5E45, Rockville, MD 20857. Attendance 

by the public will be limited to space 

available. Public comments are 

welcome. 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 February 15, 2016. 

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 February 15, 2016. Five minutes 

will be allotted for each presentation. 

The open meeting session 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 Tracy Goss 

SAMHSA/CSAT NAC Designated 

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