Federal Register: January 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 11)

DOCID: FR Doc 03-1022

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

NOTICE: NOTICES

ACTION: Meetings:

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; Notice of Meeting

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Pursuant to Executive Order 13263, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in February 2003.

The meeting will be open and will consider how to accomplish the Commission's mandate to conduct a comprehensive study of the United States mental health service delivery system and to make
recommendations on improving the delivery of public and private mental health services for adults and children. The Commission meeting will receive reports from several of its subcommittees, including Medicaid, EvidenceBased Practice/Medication Issues, Consumer Issues, Cultural Competence, Housing and Homelessness, Employment and Income Support, and Children and Families.

Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public comments are welcome. Please communicate with the individual listed as contact below to make arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for persons with disabilities.

Additional information and a roster of Commission members may be obtained either by accessing the Commission
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Web site, http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov, or by communicating with the contact whose name and telephone number is listed below.

Committee Name: The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

Meeting Date/Time:

Open: February 4, 2003, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Open: February 5, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Open: February 6, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

SUMMARY:

Mental Health, President's New Freedom Commission,

DOCUMENT BODY 2:

Pursuant to Executive Order 13263, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in February 2003.

The meeting will be open and will consider how to accomplish the Commission's mandate to conduct a comprehensive study of the United States mental health service delivery system and to make
recommendations on improving the delivery of public and private mental health services for adults and children. The Commission meeting will receive reports from several of its subcommittees, including Medicaid, EvidenceBased Practice/Medication Issues, Consumer Issues, Cultural Competence, Housing and Homelessness, Employment and Income Support, and Children and Families.

Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Public comments are welcome. Please communicate with the individual listed as contact below to make arrangements to comment or to request special accommodations for persons with disabilities.

Additional information and a roster of Commission members may be obtained either by accessing the Commission
[[Page 2347]]
Web site, http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov, or by communicating with the contact whose name and telephone number is listed below.

Committee Name: The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

Meeting Date/Time:

Open: February 4, 2003, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Open: February 5, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Open: February 6, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Claire Heffernan, Executive Secretary, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 13C26, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 4431545; Fax: (301) 4801554, email:
Cheffern@samhsa.gov, Web site: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.

Dated: January 13, 2003.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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