Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
May 30, 2003, Vol. 03-40

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
DISABILITY WING MEETING
Thursday, June 5, 2003
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Room 729G, Hubert H. Humphrey (DHHS) Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC

Advance Reservations are required by June 2, 2003 whether you will be participating in person or by telephone. We will have a toll-free operator-assisted capability for this meeting. The telephone number will be given to you when you make your reservation. For reservations contact April Strathy via e-mail (astrathy2@cms.hhs.gov) or via FAX (410-786-9665).

Agenda: Disability Wing Meeting

1:00 - 1:15pm
Welcome, Introductions, General Announcements
Paul Mendelsohn
Division of Partnership Development
Center for Beneficiary Choices

1:00 - 2:00pm
Activities of the Office on Disability, DHHS
Dr. Margaret Giannini, Director

2:00 - 2:45pm
President's 2004 Budget for the New Freedom Initiative
Susan Hill
Center for Medicaid and State Operations

2:45 -3:00pm
Disease InfoSearch - an innovative public information search tool for genetic disease information http://www.geneticalliance.org/DIS/

Mary Davidson, Executive Director
The Genetic Alliance

3:00pm
Adjournment

Email any advance questions to Janet Miller at jmiller2@cms.hhs.gov or Paul Mendelsohn at pmendelsohn2@cms.hhs.gov

The meeting will be real-time captioned. If sign language interpreters are also needed please notify April Strathy by June 2 at astrathy2@cms.hhs.gov or 410-786-2544.