95-11952. Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War Veterans; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26075-26076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11952]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Vietnam and Other War 
Veterans; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) give notice under Pub. L. 
92-463 that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of 
Vietnam and Other War Veterans will be [[Page 26076]] held June 1 
through 3, 1995. This meeting will be a field meeting conducted 
primarily at VA facilities in Chicago, Illinois and surrounding areas. 
The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Committee a first hand 
opportunity to review the provision and coordination of VA services for 
war-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other 
readjustment difficulties specific to war veterans. For this purpose 
the Committee will tour facilities, and engage in discussions with VA 
service providers and veteran consumers.
    The meeting on June 1 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:30 
p.m. The day's agenda will be conducted concurrently at several 
different locations. Specifically the Committee will visit the 
Evanston, Oakpark and Chicago Heights, Illinois Vet Centers; the 
Chicago VA Regional Office; the Hines VA Hospital and the North Chicago 
VA Medical Center. The day's agenda will consist of direct observations 
of VA readjustment counseling and mental health services with 
particular attention to the PTSD Clinical Team at the Hines VA Hospital 
and the Special Inpatient PTSD Unit at the North Chicago VA Medical 
Center. The Committee will also review PTSD adjudication activities at 
the VA Regional Office. An additional focus for the meeting is 
continuity of care and clinical follow-up between area VA medical 
centers and Vet Centers.
    The meeting on June 2 will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 
p.m. The morning portion of the agenda will consist of direct 
observations of VA Readjustment Counseling Service programs, facilities 
and staff at the Chicago, Illinois, Veterans Resource Center. The 
afternoon portion of the meeting will consist of a local community 
forum meeting and group discussion with non VA officials and service 
providers regarding the post-war readjustment and service needs of area 
war veterans. The meeting will be conducted at the Hines VA Hospital, 
Hines, Illinois 60141. The meeting on June 3 will begin at 8:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 1 p.m. The third day's agenda will consist of a 
Committee executive meeting regarding a review of findings, 
conclusions, recommendations and future work plans. The meeting will be 
conducted at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe, Chicago, Illinois 
60603.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 
June 1 and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 2, in 
accordance with the provisions cited in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) pursuant to 
subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. During this 
portion of the meeting the Committee will be engaging in discussions 
with VA clinical service providers and veteran consumers. These 
discussions will disclose information of a personal nature for veteran 
patients which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy. The meeting on June 2 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on 
June 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be open to the public to the 
seating capacity of the room.
    Anyone having questions concerning the meeting may contact Alfonso 
R. Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Director, Readjustment Counseling Service, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office at [phone].


    Dated: May 4, 1995.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-11952 Filed 5-15-95; 8:45 am]
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