NCGA DHHS-JLOC Meeting, 12/11

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

November 30, 2012

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee- Health and Human Services FROM: Senator Louis Pate Representative Nelson Dollar, Co-Chair Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair SUBJECT: Meeting Notice DAY DATE TIME ROOM Tuesday December 11, 2012 10:00 am 3:00   pm 643

If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Candace Slate at (919) 715-0795, Dina Long  (919) 733-5908, or Joey Stansbury (919) 733-7659.    cc:  Committee Record  _X_        Interested Parties    _X_

NCGA 10/16 HHS-JLOC Meeting Notice

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

October 5, 2012

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee - Health and Human Services

FROM: Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chair
Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair
Representative Nelson Dollar, Co-Chair

SUBJECT: Meeting Notice

DAY Tuesday
DATE October 16, 2012
TIME 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
ROOM 643

If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Candace Slate at (919) 715-0795, Dina Long (919) 733-5908, or Joey Stansbury (919) 733-7659.

cc: Committee Record _X_
Interested Parties _X_

Next Step Meeting: Frank Convo. with Suzanne Goerger

The Next Step…

An information group for persons interested in residential options for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as how to create a fulfilling life once launched!

“Change is Coming!”

A Frank Conversation with Suzanne Goerger

I/DD Care Coordination Manager

Alliance Behavioral Healthcare

September 15, 2012

9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Millbrook Exchange Community Center

1905 Spring Forest Road in Raleigh

Meetings are every 3rd Saturday of the month, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Millbrook Exchange Community Center, 1905 Spring Forest Road (between Falls of the Neuse Road and Atlantic Avenue) in Raleigh. Meetings are free, and light refreshments will be available. No reservation necessary.

Sign in at the door. For more info, contact Kathy Honeyman at kathyhoneyman@earthlink.net.

NCGA 9/12 Meeting Notice on Housing / Blue Ribbon Commision

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

September 6, 2012

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Housing Subcommittee for the Blue Ribbon Commission on Transitions to Community Living FROM: Senator Ralph Hise, Co-Chair Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair SUBJECT: Meeting Notice DAY DATE TIME ROOM Wednesday September 12, 2012 10 A.M. 415

Parking for non-legislative members of the committee/commission is available in the visitor parking deck #75 located on Salisbury Street across from the Legislative Office Building.  Parking is also available in the parking lot across Jones Street from the State Library/Archives.  You can view a map of downtown by visiting http://www.ncleg.net/graphics/downtownmap.pdf. If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact committee assistants Dina Long at 919-733-5908 or Shelly Carver at 919-733-3460.  cc:  Committee Record  _X_        Interested Parties    _X_

NCGA JLOC-HHS Meeting Agenda 9/10

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH

JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

AGENDA

September 10, 2012, 1:00 P.M.,

Room 643, Legislative Office Building

Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair

Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chair

Introductions and Comments 1:00-1:10
Chairman Burr
Chairman Pate

Review of Law Establishing Subcommittee Charge 1:10-1:15
FRD Staff

Overview of Major Mental Health Reform 1:15-2:00

• Major Legislative and Policy Changes 2001 – Present
  Research Staff

(Presentation will address major changes in the State’s delivery of mental health services, including information on Olmstead/ADA – description, impact on the state’s mental health system)

• Impact on State Facilities’ and Community Psychiatric Hospitals 2:00 – 2:45
  Ms. Laura White, Team Leader Psychiatric Hospitals
  Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities

(Presentation will address number of people released into the community as a result of reforms/policy changes, adequacy of beds and services; changes in availability of state facility and community mental health beds over this period; state facility and community mental health bed capacity; state facility catchment areas)

• LME Perspective on Impact of Major Reform/Policy Changes 2:45 – 3:30
  Pam Shipman, CEO PBH

Impact of Mental Health Policy on Law Enforcement 3:15 – 3:30
Eddie Caldwell, Executive Director, NC Sherriff’s Association

Committee Discussion/Comments 3:30-4:00

Adjourn

NCGA JLOC-HHS Meeting Notice 9/11

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

August 27, 2012

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee-Health and Human Services

FROM: Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chair
Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair
Representative Nelson Dollar, Co-Chair

SUBJECT: Meeting Notice

DAY: Tuesday
DATE: September 11, 2012
TIME: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
ROOM: 643

NOTE: For scheduling purposes future meetings dates are as follows:

October 9, 2012
November 13, 2012
December 11, 2012
January 8, 2013

If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Rennie Hobby at 733-5639 or mentalhealthca@ncleg.net.

cc: Committee Record _X_
Interested Parties _X_

NCGA Draft Agenda for 8/14

JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

(DRAFT) AGENDA

August 14, 2012
10:00 A.M. ; Room 643, Legislative Office Building
Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair, Presiding

Introductions and Comments 10:00 – 10:15

2012 Session Overview (Budget and Substantive Laws) 10:15 - 11:00

• NCGA Staff
• DHHS Response - Al Delia, Acting Secretary and Jim Slate, Director, DHHS Budget and Analysis

Update on BC Waiver Implementation 11:00 – 12:30

• Mercer Report on Western Highlands – Michael Prinski, Principal, Mercer Government Services Consulting
• Western Highlands Response – Charlie Schoenheit
• DHHS - Status Update - Michael Watson, Director DMA and Steve Owen, Chief Business Operating Officer, DMA

Lunch 12:30

Institutes of Mental Disease, US DOJ Complaint and PCS: Status Update 1:30 - 2:10

• USDOJ – Emery Milliken, General Counsel, DHHS
• IMD – Tara Larson, Chief Clinical Operating Officer, DMA
• PCS – Tara Larson, Chief Clinical Operating Officer, DMA

Evaluation of Medicaid 2:10 – 2:40

• Division of Medical Assistance – RFP for Medicaid Evaluation
• Michael Watson, Director DMA
• State Auditor’s Office Audit of Medicaid – To Be Determined

Update on Consolidation of Leased Space for DHHS Administrative Offices 2:40 – 3:00

• Terry Hatcher, Director, Division of Property and Construction

Adjourn.

NCGA JLOC on HHS Committee Meeting 8/14

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

July 31, 2012

MEMORANDUM

TO: Members, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee-Health and Human Services

FROM: Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chair
Representative Justin Burr, Co-Chair
Representative Nelson Dollar, Co-Chair

SUBJECT: Meeting Notice

DAY:  Tuesday
DATE:  August 14, 2012
TIME:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
ROOM:  643

If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Rennie Hobby at 733-5639.

cc:   Committee Record _X_
       Interested Parties _X_

Comments to DWAC 6/20

On Wednesday, June 20th, my daughter, her helper Kim, and I attended the DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee (DWAC) Meeting. After lengthy powerpoint presentations by DMA's Behavioral Health Policy Chief, Kellie Crosby, and Piedmont Behavioral Health's CEO, Pam Shipman, the DWAC meeting was opened for public comment... the time that consumers, advocates, caregivers and parents are able to express concerns in 3 minute increments. 

This was the second DWAC meeting I have attended and having no shortage of words, I find that 3 minutes is hardly ample time for anyone to present much of anything credibly nor share information, stories, experiences, or supporting documents. Not on a topic of this magnitude with such a vast variety of concerns and tales. Some of my fellow public commenters drove to Raleigh from as far as Asheville and Wilmington to have their 3 minutes of voice heard.

On Wednesday, I requested of the DWAC Committee the opportunity to present on behalf of parents.

I also signed my non-verbal daughter, Isabel, up to speak... 

Following my comments (below), Isabel proudly strutted up to the podium, leaned in close, put her mouth right on the microphone and blew. I'm not certain who was more amused by her antics, Isabel or her attentive audience. 

And in that moment, the room visibly softened... as though for that brief moment, we all remembered the real reasons that brought us together - for that brief moment, we had a commonality, a shared goal and purpose... We were all on the same team, one village, for one brief moment. 

And it does take a village.

With my prompting, she showed the board members the ASL signs for "friend" and "help." I asked her if Miss Kim was her friend that helped her, she responded by signing "yes." I asked if she loved Miss Kim, she again responded "yes" and then told us she was finished, turned around and grabbed her Happy Meal box and sat down. 

Unlike her mom, Isabel is a lady of few words - however, in my humble and biased opinion, she delivered the most powerful message of all that day.

My Speaking Notes to the DWAC Committee

Before I begin, I'd just like to say for the record: 

• The added position / role of Community Guide is a JOKE. I guarantee I - or most any parent or Direct Care Support Staff in this room - have more knowledge and resources than your best Community Guide. 
• Call Center / Telephone Support is an INSULT to every PARENT in this room - an insult not unlike being spat upon. 

Recipients and families continue to have NO failsafe, constitutionally protected Due Process rights regarding appeals to a third party with the authority to make a final decision. 

While the Regulatory Reform Act of 2011 does authorize the ALJ final authority over Medicaid CAP decisions as of January 1, 2012, the powers that be cannot agree on the waiver language to CMS which will allow this to happen, thus recipients still have NO DUE PROCESS save hiring counsel. --My husband is an attorney & WE could not afford a 10-20K retainer to file a lawsuit against the state.

I’ll be happy to explain in more detail, but I urge you to review the Open Letter and Outline that I forwarded to Mr. Marsh again today for redistribution to the Committee - if you’re impatient, you can also find the information on my blog - and I’ll be happy to provide you with the URL.

Recipients and families, those of us who have the MOST to lose and suffer, continue to NOT be heard. 

Has anyone here seen or reviewed any of the 540 Public Comments to DMA in 2011 that Mary Short just spoke of? -- If you haven’t, it’s also on the blog.

I’d like to respectfully request of the Committee permission to present as a parent representative at the next DWAC meeting. I’m sure other parents would like that opportunity also. Legislative and Committee members must hear from the folks not paid to sit in the front rows with their hands up begging to be called upon.

Recipients and families, those of us who have the MOST to lose and suffer, continue to NOT have equal ownership in insuring the success of this mental health overhaul. 

Until every stakeholder has equal voice and equal ownership in this process, there will be no bridging of this divide and there will be no mutual success.

The recent hot topic, if you read the news, is HB 1075 which authorizes LME / MCO Director’s giving themselves a raise among other things - if you haven’t seen it, it’s on the blog.

Regarding this HB, Representative Dollar addressed the concerns of his GA colleagues in a recent legislative meeting by assuring them that the bill could always be changed later... 

We continue to trim the fat off the bottom of this dynamic. There is no more fat to trim! Direct care staff make nothing for the jobs they do & will be making even less as hours continue to be shifted to lower paying reimbursement rates. --Again, see my outline and supporting documents; on the blog.

Per DOJ findings -- While the state scurries to reintegrate one population of citizens from inappropriate placements in state facilities back into community settings … we are moving another very vulnerable population of citizens living at home with their families, slowly but steadily, in the other direction - into crisis.

WE CANNOT FILL A GAP BY DIGGING A BIGGER HOLE!

It’s NOT ENOUGH that we can go back and make changes AFTER the damage has been done!

Children and Families, like those in this room today, may never recover from such damage -- it has taken them a lifetime to acquire the skills they have today.

And there WILL be damage.

Let me say that again: THERE WILL BE DAMAGE.

Think: “The Titanic.” --They knew. They were warned. 

And there was no tip to that iceberg either...

Thank you.

NC DHHS DWAC Meeting Agenda 6/20

DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee
The DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee (DWAC) is an advisory body to DHHS that will provide input and consultation over the following:

• Implementation / Operational phases of the 1915 b/c Medicaid waivers
• Ongoing LME-MCO operations (Medicaid managed care, Innovations, and LME operations)

The DWAC will meet monthly through 2012, beginning January 2012. In 2013 the DWAC will be reevaluated after all MCOs are operational to ensure that each catchment area has adequate stakeholder representation. In January 2013, the DWAC will transition to quarterly meetings. The chair of DWAC will be selected by its members. Family and consumer members will receive the current standard stipend allowed by state policy. (more)

[ Download 6/20 DWAC Agenda here. ]

NCGA 6/12 HHS Committee Meet & New Bills

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE

AND

BILL SPONSOR NOTIFICATION

2011-2012 SESSION

You are hereby notified that the Committee on Health and Human Services will meet as follows:

DAY & DATE: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
TIME: 10 :00 am
LOCATION: 544 LOB
COMMENTS: The following bills will be considered:

BILL NO. HB 975
SHORT TITLE: Promote Local/Healthy Food.
SPONSOR: Representative LaRoque, Representative Sanderson, Representative Insko 

BILL NO. HB 1098
SHORT TITLE: Continue the Sustainable Local Food Advisory.
SPONSOR: Representative Sanderson, Representative LaRoque 

BILL NO. SB 433
SHORT TITLE: Local Human Services Administration.
SPONSOR: Senator Hartsell 

BILL NO. SB 525
SHORT TITLE: Streamline Oversight/DHHS Service Providers.
SPONSOR: Senator Tucker, Senator Hartsell

Respectfully,
Representative Current, Chair
Representative Dollar, Chair
Representative Hollo, Chair

I hereby certify this notice was filed by the committee assistant at the following offices at 1 PM o’clock on June 07, 2011.

Principal Clerk
Reading Clerk – House Chamber

Wendy Miller (Committee Assistant)

HHS Committee Meet 6/5 & Bills

Corrected Notice

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE

AND

BILL SPONSOR NOTIFICATION

2011-2012 SESSION

You are hereby notified that the Committee on Health and Human Services will meet as follows:

DAY & DATE: Tuesday, June 5, 2012
TIME: 10 :00 am
LOCATION: 544 LOB
COMMENTS: Added bills H1003 and H1055; removed S525.

The following bills will be considered:

BILL NO. HB 1003
SHORT TITLE Child Nutrition Program Solvency and Support.
SPONSOR Representative Howard 

BILL NO. HB 1055
SHORT TITLE Eliminate LME Provider Endorsement.-AB
SPONSOR Representative Burr, Representative Dollar

BILL NO. HB 1056
SHORT TITLE Partnership for Children Participant Records.
SPONSOR Representative Burr, Representative Dollar 

BILL NO. HB 1075
SHORT TITLE LME/MCO Governance.
SPONSOR Representative Dollar, Representative Burr 

BILL NO. HB 1081
SHORT TITLE Provisional Licensure Changes Medicaid.-AB
SPONSOR Representative Burr, Representative Dollar

Respectfully,
Representative Current, Chair
Representative Dollar, Chair
Representative Hollo, Chair

I hereby certify this notice was filed by the committee assistant at the following offices at 11 AM o’clock on June 04, 2011.

Principal Clerk
Reading Clerk – House Chamber

Wendy Miller (Committee Assistant)

What's New in May?

May 2012 events and updates.

• NCGA 5/31 HHS Committee Meeting & Bills.
• Parent & Public Perspectives: Where are the voices?... DMA 8M POLICY PROPOSAL PUBLIC COMMENTS from 2011.
• Provider Perspective: Legislative Correspondence from Wendy, QP. 
• Medicaid per diem Reimbursement Rates for State DD Facilities.
• response from Representative Tricia Cotham and repy, 5/24.
• re-post from The Arc NC: What is Managed Care & Why it' Not a Good Fit.
• Parent Perspective: Voices from the 5/22 Coalition rally (video).
• 5/10 response from Senator Neal Hunt to 5/9 email (am posting late).
• Parent Perspective: my email to Representative Tricia Cotham (sent 5/22).
• Parent Perspective: Legislative Correspondence follow-up from special Mom, Colleen.
• Parent Perspective: Legislative Correspondence from special Mom, Colleen, 5/24.
• NCGA House of Representatives HHS Committee Meeting 5/31.
• added to Google Calendar.
• email to Pat McCrory, candidate for Lt. Governor and Twitter info, 5/23.
• Parent Perspective: Legislative Correspondence from special parent, Mary K. Short, 5/21.
• Arc NC Action Alert, 5/21.
• NC Chickens Coming Home to Roost - about the DOJ complaint & settlement negotiations,
• NC Faces Potentially Massive Legal Settlement Over Housing for Mentally Ill from NC Health News.
• Disability Rights NC Press Release: Governor Ignores Crisis for People with Disabilities, May 14, 2012.
• posted more PBH documents : Board Minutes, CFAC Minutes, and Network / Provider Council Minutes; some dating to 2003.
• Happy Mother's Day!
• Family Story: NC Creates Dilemma for the Grahams; NC Heath News article and video by Lydia Wilson.
• Parent Perspective: legislative correspondence from special parent, Colleen.
• added search function for searching information on this blog.
• moved What's New main post with link to monthly What's New under pages (does that even make sense?) - on the left.
• added flier for Wake / Durham Alliance Behavioral Healthcare Town Hall Meetings, 5/29 and 6/4.
• added to our blog's Google Calendar of Events.
• corrected Document Public DropBox Directory link.
• added more files for public access.
• NC General Assembly *Meeting Agenda* for the May 15th Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services meeting.
• Parent Perspective: my email to Senator Neal Hunt; 5/.
• post: information forward on Federal Government changes re Long Term Care.
• post: Years of CAP Service vs. No. of CAP Workers.
• United Way's Child & Family Advocacy Day at the NC General Assembly on 5/17.
• added to our blog's Google Calendar of Events.
• Families: A very moving video presentation representing NC families who will be and are critically affected by Medicaid Waiver service cuts and changes.
• A heartfelt parent letter from Kimberly Feller, Raleigh mother of two sons with Autism.
• posted MHDDSAS Coalition Advocacy flyer for info regarding the upcoming 5/22 Rally in Downtown Raleigh - MARK YOUR CALENDARS & BRING YOUR FAMILY! 
• added to our blog's Google Calendar of Events.
• posted additional action needed message from the Arc NC with event info.
• added a Word and PDF version of the Speak Up! page, with added information and copy+paste contact information.
• message from The Arc of NC regarding a request and need to slow progression of Managed Care implementation of 1915(b)(c) Waivers.
• NCGA JLOC on HHS / LME Governance Subcommittee meeting notice for 5/14 posted.
• added to our blog's Google Calendar of Events.
• DHHS DMH/DD/SAS Policies and Procedures setting forth criteria for Secretary approval of mergers between Area Authorities / County Programs with MCO's, 4/23.
• added link on Documents page to the Public DropBox Directory for all documents on this blog and many, many more.
• upcoming Wake County CAP Services Information session with Arc NC Executive Director, Dave Richard on 5/11.
• added to our blog's Google calender.
• added flyer and text for upcoming Wake County community forum regarding CAP services from Alliance Behavioral Healthcare on 5/9 and 5/21.
• added the Durham Center LME calendar to the blog's Google calendar.
• added instructions for adding our blog's calendar to your own personal Google calendar.
• Partners in Policymaking, program registration deadline: May 11th.
• Action request from the Association for Rehabilitation Centers.

[ What's New Main ]

NCGA HHS 5/31 Meeting & Bills

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE

AND

BILL SPONSOR NOTIFICATION

2011-2012 SESSION

You are hereby notified that the Committee on Health and Human Services will meet as follows:

DAY & DATE: Thursday, May 31, 2012
TIME: 10 :00 am
LOCATION: 1228 LB
COMMENTS: Bills Added

The following bills will be considered:

BILL NO. : HB 1075
SHORT TITLE : LME/MCO Governance
SPONSOR : Representative Dollar, Representative Burr 

BILL NO. : HB 981
SHORT TITLE : Dix Property Sale to Require GA Approval.
SPONSOR : Representative Hurley, Representative Dollar, 
Representative Burr 

BILL NO. : SB 433SHORT TITLE : Local Human Services Administration.
SPONSOR : Senator Hartsell

Respectfully,

Representative Current, Chair
Representative Dollar, Chair
Representative Hollo, Chair

I hereby certify this notice was filed by the committee assistant at the following offices at 9 AM o’clock on May 30, 2011.

Principal Clerk
Reading Clerk – House Chamber
Wendy Miller (Committee Assistant)

NC House Committee Meeting Notice 5/31

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE
AND 2011-2012 SESSION

You are hereby notified that the Committee on Health and Human Services will meet as follows:

DAY & DATE: Thursday, May 31, 2012
TIME: 10 :00 am
LOCATION: 1228 LB
COMMENTS: Bills TBA

Respectfully,
Representative Current, Chair
Representative Dollar, Chair
Representative Hollo, Chair

I hereby certify this notice was filed by the committee assistant at the following offices at 11 AM o’clock on May 24, 2011.

Principal Clerk
Reading Clerk – House Chamber

Wendy Miller (Committee Assistant)

NCGA JLOC on HHS 5/15 Meeting Agenda

Note for those unable to attend:

Interested stakeholders unable to attend the JLOC HHS meeting (or any other legislative meetings) in Raleigh, may listen in via live Audio Broadcast on the NCGA website. 

In the event you are unable to listen live, the audio recording, as well as agenda and supporting documents, reports, etc. for this meeting will be posted afterward on the JLOC HHS webpage.

Meeting Agenda:

JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

AGENDA

May 15, 2012

8:30 A.M.; Room 643, Legislative Office Building
Senator Louis Pate, Co-Chair, Presiding      

Personal Care Services and Medicaid I-Waiver Status Update ......... 8:30-9:10
   Albert Delia, Acting Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
   Tara Larson, Chief Clinical Operating Officer, Division of Medical Assistance

Overview of State County Special Assistance and In-Home Special Assistance  .........  9:10-9:35
   Suzanne Merrill, Adult Services Section Chief, Division of Aging and Adult Services
   Curtis Crouch, Section Chief, Cost Accounting/Financial Reporting, DHHS Controller's Office

Institutes of Mental Disease Status Update  .........  9:35-10:10
   Tara Larson, Chief Clinical Operating Officer, Division of Medical Assistance

US DOJ Investigation of Mental Health System Status Update  .........  10:10-10:55
   Emery Milliken, General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services

Medicaid 1915 b/c Waiver Status Update  .........  10:55-11:30
   Kelly Crosbie, Chief, Behavioral Health Policy Section, Division of Medical Assistance

Report of the Sub-Committee on LME Governance ......... 11:30-11:55
   Representative Nelson Dollar, Subcommittee Chair

DHHS Requested Statutory Changes- Provisional Licensure  ......... 11:55-12:10
   Beth Melcher, Assistant Secretary for MH/DD/SAS Development

JLOC-HHS - Recommended Legislation to the 2012 Regular Session ......... 12:10-12:30
   Committee Chairs

Adjourn.

Wake / Durham Town Hall Meetings : Alliance Beahvioral Healthcare

Download flier.

In Text...

What is Changing?
Our name. Alliance Behavioral Healthcare will officially replace The Durham Center and Wake LME on July 1, 2012. You’ll be hearing our new name and seeing our new logo even sooner!
What is Staying the Same?
Our commitment to high-quality mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual/developmental disability services promoting recovery and self-determination. You’ll be able to reach us at the same phone numbers you’re used to.
TOWN HALL MEETINGS

Tuesday, May 29, 6:30-8:00 pm
Wake County Commons Building
4011 Carya Drive; Raleigh, North Carolina 27610

Monday, June 4, 5:30-7:00 pm

Durham Main Library
300 N. Roxboro Street; Durham, North Carolina 27701

An open forum for all citizens to learn about the merger and how Alliance Behavioral Healthcare will operate. Your questions are welcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
durhamcenter.org/index.php/provider/pfaq/
Don’t see the answer to your question?
Send it to waiverquestions@durhamcountync.gov
It will be reviewed and when an appropriate response is ready for sharing, it may be incorporated into the FAQs posted on the website

NCGA Meeting Time Change; Subcommittee on LME 5/14

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

May 10, 2012

MEMORANDUM  CORRECTED NOTICE – TIME CHANGE

TO: Members, Subcommittee on LME Governance      FROM: Rennie Hobby SUBJECT: Meeting Notice – Time Change DAY DATE TIME ROOM Monday May 14, 2012 3:00PM 544 COMMENTS: Meeting is scheduled for 3:00 instead of 2:00.

Parking for non-legislative members of the committee/commission is available in the visitor parking deck #75 located on Salisbury Street across from the Legislative Office Building.  Parking is also available in the parking lot across Jones Street from the State Library/Archives.  You can view a map of downtown by visiting http://www.ncleg.net/graphics/downtownmap.pdf. If you are unable to attend or have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact Rennie Hobby at 733-5639.     cc:  Committee Record  _X_        Interested Parties    _X_

* Google Calendar updated.

Additional Message from the Arc NC

Earlier today, you should have received a Policy Partners email outlining why North Carolina Should Slow Down Managed Care Implementation. It will take the combined efforts of our members and allies to get the General Assembly and the Administration to listen. That's why we are asking you to:

TAKE ACTION TODAY!

We need you to tell your story to the decision makers in state government about how changing to a Managed Care system has affected you or will affect you, making sure to tell them:

• North Carolina needs to Slow Down Managed Care Implementation Until They Get It Right!
   
• Restore Case Management to People With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities!
   
• Require that Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) prove that they are prepared to manage the new system effectively before they can move forward

Who Should I Contact, Where Should I Go?

Who to Contact:

• Your NC legislators (both your NC Senator & Representative) Click here to see who represents you, or contact Ben Akroyd at The Arc of NC for help (bakroyd@arcnc.org, 919.500.8382)
• Acting Secretary of DHHS Albert Delia (919.855.4800, al.delia@dhhs.nc.gov)
• Your friends, family, and neighbors! Ask them to reach out to NC's decision makers as well!

Events to Attend:

• Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Health and Human Services

  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 9:30 am
  Room 643 of the NC Legislative Office Building (Across from the Legislative Building)
  330 N Salisbury Street
  Raleigh, NC 27603

• The Coalition Rally at the NC Legislative Building (flyer posted here)
  

  Tuesday, May 22, 2012
  8:00 am - Registration on the back portico of the Legislative Building
  9:00 am - Advocacy Training in the Legislative Building Auditorium (third floor)
  12:00 noon - Rally at 12 noon on Bicentennial Mall on Jones Street, across from the Legislative Building 

• The DHHS Waiver Advisory Committee
  (Sign up to speak ahead of time by calling Kathy Nichols with DMA at 919-855-4289 or Ken Marsh with DMHDDSAS at 919-715-1294)

  May 22, 2012 from 1-3:00 pm
  NCSU McKimmon Center
  1101 Gorman Street
  Raleigh, NC 27603

Thank you for your continued advocacy! We are facing some of the biggest changes to the I/DD system in over forty years, and your help is needed now more than ever!

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact Ben Akroyd at bakroyd@arcnc.org or 919.500.8382.

JLOC on HHS Meeting 5/14 - LME Governance Subcommittee

Email alert received from: 

NCGA Committee Notices noreply@ncleg.net

North Carolina General Assembly

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services

Local Management Entity Governance Subcommittee

Representative Nelson Dollar, Chair

May 14, 2012

Legislative Office Building – Room 544

2:00-5:00 PM

[Driving Directions on the NCGA website]

Agenda  

• Welcome and Introductory Comments
• Review of the Purpose of the Subcommittee
• Review and Discussion of Revisions to the Statutory Language
• Recommendations to the Joint Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
• Adjournment and Comments by Chairman Dollar

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