Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration August 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given for the meetings on September 17, 2024, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC); and on September 18, 2024, a joint meeting with the TTAC and Indian Health Service (IHS) National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health (NTAC). Both meetings are open to the public and will be held in person and virtually. Agenda with call-in information will be posted on the SAMHSA website prior to the meeting at: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/ meetings. The TTAC meeting will include, but not be limited to, remarks from the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; updates on SAMHSA priorities; follow up on topics related to the previous TTAC meetings; and council discussions. The joint meeting of the SAMHSA TTAC and IHS NTAC will include discussion on improving behavioral health for American Indian and Alaska Natives.

This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting an administrative supplement in scope of the parent award for one eligible grant recipient funded under the FY 2023 Provider's Clinical Support SystemMedications for Opioid Use Disorder (PCSS-MOUD), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) TI-23-014. The recipient may receive up to $1,000,000. This supplement provides support to the recipient with a project end date of September 30, 2025. The supplemental funding will be used to support increased fees from the training platform service as a result of an increase in the number of practitioners accessing training from the program.

This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting administrative supplements in scope of the parent award for the 12 eligible grant recipients funded in FY 2022 under the Tribal Behavioral Health Grant Program (Short Title: Native Connections), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SM-21-011. Recipients may receive up to $77,500 each for a total of $930,000 across the grant cohort. These recipients have a project end date for these supplemental funds of September 29, 2025. The supplemental funding will be used to fund a comprehensive Training of Trainers (ToT) model to enhance and expand workforce development and capacity in the areas of focus of the TBH program: preventing and reducing substance use, overdose, suicidal behavior, suicide, and addressing the impact of trauma among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth, up to and including age 24.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) using Urine and the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines using Oral Fluid.