Commission on Mental Health Outcome

1. Mental Health and Addiction Transformation Work Group December 2, 2008 Commission on Mental Health

2. Commission Meetings • Four commission meetings were held between August 18 and October 21, 2008 • Presentation Topics included: • Transformation • Delivery and Financing • Supportive Housing • Integration • Forensic • Sequential Intercept Model • Department of Correction Services • Mental Health Courts • County Jail Services • Shortage of Psychiatrists • Licensure of Addiction Counselors • Mental Health Issues Concerning Children • Update from Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers • Family Perspective on Mental Health Care in Indiana • Medicaid Quality Advisory Committee

3. Legislative Proposals • PD 3288 – Licensure of Addiction Counselors • PD 3306 – Omnibus Bill • DOC Drug Formulary • Forensic Technical Assistance Center • Medicaid Quality Advisory Committee • Closing juvenile proceedings for testimony of health care providers • Task Force on Workforce Development • Bonding Authority for mental health facility • PD 3314 – Public Sector Psychiatry program • PD 3312 – Incentive program to attract psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses to Indiana

4. Legislative Proposals • PD 3269 – Children’s Health Insurance Program parity • PD 3416 – Problem Solving Courts • Concurrent Resolution 20091337.001 – Full funding for community mental health centers • Concurrent Resolution 20091332.001 – Topics for the Commission on Mental Health for the 2009 interim