HJR 1050 Behavioral Health Task Force

Reports and Materials

Task Force products will be posted as they are completed.  They include:

• Framework
• Survey Results
• Interim Findings
• Final Report

Presentations from the October 9th, 2007 Task Force Meeting:

• Family-Driven Care: Setting the Standard for Practice in Colorado; Barbara Huff and Trina W. Osher, Huff Osher Consulting, Inc.

Presentations from the October 30th, 2007 Task Force Meeting:

• State and National Trends in Public Behavioral Health; David Shern, Ph.D., President / CEO of Mental Health America
• State Profiles System; Deb Kupfer, MHS, WICHE, NASMHPD Research Institute
• Transforming the Mental Health System; Frances Randolph, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
• Behavioral Health: The Beginning of a Navigable System Leading to Integrated Health Care; James Haveman, President, Haveman Group
• Tranformation: the Vision for a Healthy Oklahoma; John Hudgens, Innovation Center Director, Oklahoma

Presentations from the November 15th, 2007 Task Force Meeting:

• Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT); Brie Reimann, BA, SBIRT Colorado Program Manager, Peer Assistance Services; Jim Adams-Berger, PhD, President, OMNI Institute; Marjie Harbrecht, MD, Medical/Executive Director, Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative; Kerry Broderick, MD, FACEP, Emergency Department Attending Physician, Denver Health Medical Center
• National Perspectives: Maximizing Resources Through State Partnerships; Robert Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
• Alaska's Behavioral Health System; William Hogan, Deputy Commissioner, Arkansas Dept. of Health & Social Services
• Improving the Health of Colorado's Citizens; David Wanser, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Texas
• Q-Sort Findings; Jewlya Lynn, Denise McHugh, Natalie Portman-Marsh, Center for Systems Integration and NPM Consulting

Presentations from the December 4th, 2007 Task Force Meeting:

• Metro Denver Crisis Triage Project; Mental Health America Colorado Chapter, Heather Cameron, Project Director; Chief William Kilpatrick, Golden Police Department; John Brudges, MD, Medical Director, Porter Hospital
• Wraparound Milwaukee: A Model for Serving Children with Serious Emotional or Mental Health Needs and Their Families; Bruce Kamradt, Director, Wraparound Milwaukee
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare; Chuck Ingoglia – VP Public Policy, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
• Financing and Contracting Strategies: Developing a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services System That Works; Leslie Schwalbe – Behavioral Health Consultant, Arizona
• The New Frontier: Effective Strategies for Promoting and Sustaining The Meaningful Involvement of Consumers, Families, and Youth in State Mental Health Transformation Activities; LaVerne D. Miller – Director Peer Advocacy Center New York, national consultant for the Center for Mental Health Services/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
• New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative: Progress of Transformation; Pamela Sanchez – Managing Director, New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative
• Behavioral Health Task Force Preliminary Findings; Jewlya Lynn, Denise McHugh, Natalie Portman-Marsh, Center for Systems Integration and NPM Consulting

Presentations from the December 13th, 2007 Task Force Meeting:

• Colorado Service Area Mapping; Janet Wood, Director of the Behavioral Health Services Division of Mental Health/Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, Colorado Department of Human Services
• Key Finding and Recommendations; CSI and NPM Consulting

Presentations from the January 8th, 2008 Task Force Meeting:

• Summary of Comments on the Recommendations; CSi and NPM Consulting