Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee DD/MH/SAS Meets Today

The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Developmental Disabilties, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services meets today. The primary focus of this meeting with be the current status of substance abuse services in our state.

JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON
MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
AGENDA
October 31, 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room 643, LOB
Representative Verla Insko, Co-Chair, Presiding


Greetings and Introductions 10:00 – 10:15
Senator Martin Nesbitt, Co-Chair
Representative Verla Insko, Co-Chair

Re-Considering Addiction Treatment: State Role in Improving 10:15 – 12:00
Effectiveness and Accountability
A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., CEO, Treatment Research Institute

Lunch 12:00 – 1:00

Contracting for Substance Abuse Treatment: Tools for Funding 1:00 – 1:30
Treatment Networks
Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Director, Center for Performance Based Policy,
Treatment Research Institute

Performance Based Contracting: Some Things to Consider 1:30 – 3:00
Kim Johnson, M.S. Ed., M.B.A., The Network for the Improvement
of Addiction Treatment

Comments 3:00 – 3:30

Adjourn

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