NCGA: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee Meeting MH/DD/SAS Agenda

The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee will be meeting tomorrow at 10AM. Here is the agenda:

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on

Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, & Substance Abuse Services

AGENDA

November 10, 2009; 10:00 A.M.; Room 643, Legislative Office Building

Representative Verla Insko, Co-Chair Presiding

I. Welcome and Chair's Opening Comments
• Representative Verla Insko, Co-Chair
• Senator Martin Nesbitt, Co-Chair 10:00

II. Secretary's Remarks
• Lanier Cansler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 10:00-10:30

III. Local Management Entities: Update on Service Funds Reductions
• DHHS Perspective: Michael Watson, Assistant Secretary for MH/DD/SAS Development
• LME Perspective: W. Rhett Melton, Director of Pathways LME (serving Gaston, Cleveland, and Lincoln) 10:30-11:00

IV. Funding for Former Thomas S. Class Members
• Leza Wainwright, Director, Division of MH/DD/SAS 11:00-11:30

V. Changes in Funding for CAP-MR/DD Recipients
• Leza Wainwright, Director, Division of MH/DD/SAS 11:30-12:00
LUNCH 12:00-1:00

VI. Community Support Services
• Curtis Venable, Pisgah Legal Services 1:00-1:15

VII. Report on Consumer and Family Advisory Committees
• Kathy Crocker, State Consumer and Family Advisory Committee 1:15-1:45

VIII. Update on State Psychiatric Hospitals
• Luckey Welsh, Director, Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities 1:45-2:15

IX. Report on Local Inpatient Psychiatric Community Hospital Contracts
• Michael Watson, Assistant Secretary for MH/DD/SAS Development 2:15-2:45

X. Case Management Follow-up
• Tara Larson, Chief Clinical Operating Officer, DMA 2:45-3:30

XI. Final Remarks & Adjournment 3:30-3:45