SELECT COMMITTEE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

 

Cheyenne – Senator John Schiffer and Representative Colin Simpson, Cochairmen of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, have announced the Committee will meet:

 

September 25 & 26, 2006

8:00 a.m.

Central Wyoming Counseling Center

1430 Wilkins

Casper, Wyoming

 

Agenda

 

 

The purpose of the meeting is to consider mental health and substance abuse system of care issues, including performance and outcomes measures, data infrastructure, regionalization, Wyoming State Hospital strategic plan, the single statewide substance abuse plan, funding, therapeutic foster care and children's services, local drug prevention programs, and telepsychiatry.  A proposed agenda is attached hereto.

 

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff  John Rivera. Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at (307) 777-7881 for assistance. 

 

Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting.  All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office.  Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

 

Members Select Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services:

Senators:  John Schiffer, Cochairman, Pat Aullman, Ken Decaria, RaeLynn Job, Wayne Johnson and Tony Ross

Representatives: Colin Simpson, Cochairman, Keith Gingery, Patrick Goggles, Jerry Iekel, Doug Osborn and Jane Warren