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Behavioral Health Planning Council Meeting
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, CT
Job Service ND Office – Dakota Room
1601 East Century – Bismarck, ND

Or via video conference option
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AGENDA

10:00 AM
Welcome and Call to Order: Carlotta McCleary, Chairperson
Roll Call of Council Members via Electronic Sign-in/Quorum Established
Meeting Minutes Review and Approval-May 17,2023 
Agenda Approval-July 19, 2023

10:10 AM
BHPC Updates – Membership & Bylaws Update-Tami Conrad/HHS

10:20 AM
State Hospital Update, Dr. Eduardo Pelayo Yabut/Interim Superintendent & Medical Director

  • Next Steps following legislative decisions
  • Challenges/Opportunities 

10:50 AM
North Dakota Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program Update – Jenn Faul/Program Director/Sanford Health and Lyndsi Engstrom/Program Director, ND Full-Service Schools Consortium

11:20 AM
Implications of the Rollback of Public Health Emergency on Tele-behavioral Health, Dr. Gabriela Blaf and or Courtney Koebel of ND Medical Association

11:50 AM
1915(i) Provider Status & Clients Served Update - Monica Haugen/Administrator Behavioral Health 1915(i)

12:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK

1:00 PM    
Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) & Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS BG), Lacresha Graham/ Manager, Addiction & Recovery Program and Policy, HHS and Tami Conrad, Behavioral Health Administrator, HHS

  • Review grant application draft
  • Review/update on contracts

1:40 PM
Behavioral Health Division Update – Pam Sagness, Executive Director Behavioral Health Division, HHS

  • Highlights from the Behavioral Health in North Dakota Databook 2023 
  • Data reporting improvements recommended.
  • Legislative Studies Approved with BH Implications

2:25 PM
BHPC Discussion re: Interim Study Positional Statements

2:40 PM
Summary Report of ND Behavioral Health Strategic Plan and Future Activities, Bevin Croft, Human Services Research Institute

  • Updates on the Strategic Plan

3:10 PM
Crisis Response Units Update, Dan Cramer

  • Regional team update
  • Dispositional data
  • Impact of 988 
  • Specialized population group response

3:40 PM
Lightning Round Resource Sharing

3:45 PM
Public Comments

3:55 PM
Next Steps

Next Meetings Scheduled. All meetings will be held onsite at the Job Service ND Office – Dakota Room; 1601 East Century; Bismarck, ND, and online via videoconference link.

OCTOBER 18 (ANNUAL MEETING)/ DECEMBER 13

4:00 PM    Adjourn

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to participate in the meeting or who would like more information about the North Dakota Behavioral Health Planning Council can contact Julie Huwe at North Dakota Health and Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division at 701-328-8920, 711 (TTY) or a jhuwe@nd.gov.  

 

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Microsoft Teams meeting 
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Date Posted:  Jan. 31, 2023
Date Revised:  July 13, 2023 (agenda/meeting details added)