83 FR 60558 - Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery (COVER) Commission; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60558-60559]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25624]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery (COVER) 
Commission; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Creating 
Options for Veterans Expedited Recover (COVER) Commission gives notice 
that a meeting will be held:

1. December 4, 5, and 6, 2018 James A. Haley Tampa Veterans Hospital
2. January 14 and 15, 2019, from 1-4 p.m. ET or completion of out-
briefs whatever comes first, VANTS call.

    The purpose of the COVER Commission is to examine the evidence-
based therapy treatment model used by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) for treating mental health conditions of Veterans and the 
potential benefits of incorporating complementary and integrative 
health approaches as standard practice throughout the Department.
    The December 4, 2018 meeting will convene at the James A. Haley 
Tampa Veterans Hospital and will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. 
to 12:20 p.m. ET on Dec. 4; from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on Dec. 5; and from 
8:30-11:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 6. The location for all open sessions is in 
the Auditorium, Building 1, 2nd floor. All other sessions will be 
closed as the Commissioners will split into several interview/data 
collection teams to accomplish research, discuss relevance of the 
interviews and research and focus group information collected, and 
conduct sensitive interviews/focus groups with Veterans. The public is 
not

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invited to interviews in order protect privacy data and proprietary 
information under S.C. 552b(c) under (9) (B) ``because it would reveal 
information the disclosure of which would, ``in the case of an agency, 
be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed 
agency action.''
    December 4, 2018 open meetings will consist of briefings on:

1. Overview of Mental Health Services
2. Whole Health/CIH Overview
3. Pain Program Overview

    The December 5, 2018, open meeting will consist of a briefing on 
Mental Health Care in the Community.
    December 6, 2018 open sessions will consist of:

1. Mental Health Continuum of Care and Application of the Statistical 
Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) report application
2. Department of Defense Collaboration with James A. Haley Veterans 
Hospital to provide appropriate and timely mental health services

The January 14 and 15, 2018 meetings are VANTS line by Commissioners; a 
listening line is provided for the public to call in. These meetings 
are for commissioners to out brief and summarize the COVER Commission 
subcommittee's activities and findings since the open sessions updates 
on November 6 & 7, 2018 and to further discuss applicability to the 
charter and legislative requirements.
    The listening line number for the public for all open sessions 
December 4, 5, & 6 as well as for the subcommittee updates on January 
14 & 15, 2018 is 800-767-1750; access code 48664#. The line number will 
be activated 10 minutes before each of the open or call in sessions.
    Members of the public are invited to open sessions. Videotaping or 
recording, tweeting commission or staff photos or comments are 
discouraged as they are disruptive to Commission members and staff and 
other audience members. Any member of the public seeking additional 
information should email [email protected]. The Acting Designated 
Federal Officer for the Commission is Ms. Alison Whitehead. She and the 
staff will be monitoring and responding to questions or comments sent 
to this email box. The Committee will also accept written comments 
which may be sent to the same email box. In the public's communications 
with the Committee, the writers must identify themselves and state the 
organizations, associations, or persons they represent.

    Dated: November 20, 2018.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25624 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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