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Released: April 22, 2016
FCC TO HOLD BROADBAND HEALTH CONFERENCE IN TEXAS
Connect2HealthFCC Task Force Partnering with University of Houston Law Center to Host 
Policy Conference Focused on Broadband and Mental Health
Washington, D.C. – On May 18, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect2Health Task 
Force will travel to Houston, Texas to highlight how broadband-enabled health technologies can improve 
access to mental health care and to discuss associated policy issues.  Hosted by the University of Houston 
Law Center’s Health Law & Policy Institute, Broadband Prescriptions for Mental Health, will explore 
how connected environments can be used to improve mental health and will spotlight the University of 
Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s efforts in this area.  
The event is part of the Connect2Health
FCC
Task Force’s “Beyond the Beltway Series” to reach out 
broadly about the transformative power of broadband technologies and next-generation communications 
services to improve access to health and care services throughout the country, especially in rural and 
underserved areas.  The Task Force has held previous Beyond the Beltway events in Charlottesville, 
Virginia; Jackson and Ruleville, Mississippi; Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; Cleveland, Ohio; and 
Detroit, Michigan.
WHAT: Broadband Prescriptions for Mental Health:
A Policy Conference hosted by the University of Houston Law Center and the 
Connect2Health
FCC
Task Force
The conference will feature FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; University of Houston 
Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes; Former Astronaut and CEO of Vesalius Ventures 
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr.; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine 
Dean Francisco Fernandez; and the Connect2Health
FCC
Task Force, among others.  
Topics and demonstrations will include the role of broadband-enabled mental health 
solutions in providing greater access for underserved communities, the impact of 
connected environments on behavioral health and social isolation, other cutting-edge 
applications in telepsychiatry, and more.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
WHERE: Bates Law Building, University of Houston Law Center, 4604 Calhoun Road, Houston, 
TX 77204-6060
WHO: Policymakers, industry leaders, health technology innovators, consumer advocates,
clinicians, rural health organizations, and others interested in leveraging technology to 
2help address and improve mental health.  Please register online at 
http://www.law.uh.edu/fcchealth.
QUESTIONS: For program and logistics questions, please contact Roger Goldblatt at 
Roger.Goldblatt@fcc.gov or Allison Winnike at anwinnik@central.uh.edu.  For media inquiries, contact 
Katie Gorscak at Katie.Gorscak@fcc.gov or Carrie Criado at cacriado@uh.edu. 
Exhibit space is also available at no cost for entities who offer broadband-enabled digital health 
technology solutions, especially as they relate to mental and behavioral health. To request participation, 
contact Kate Gigliotti at kgigliot@central.uh.edu or Roger Goldblatt at Roger.Goldblatt@fcc.gov or 202-
418-1035, by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2016.
An event agenda, providing additional details, will be released at a later date.  Details also will be posted 
on the Connect2Health
FCC
Task Force website: http://www.fcc.gov/health and 
http://www.law.uh.edu/fcchealth.
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