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Conference Update: Only Two Weeks to Go!
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 2012 NAMI CA Annual Statewide Conference
When: Friday, August 17th & Saturday, August 18th
Where: Marriot Hotel, Irvine, CA
Get Out the Vote!
Online voting for NAMI California Board Candidates ends today, August 6 - but there is still the chance to weigh in at the ballot box during our Annual Conference in Irvine - August 17-18.
Please visit our website now to review Candidate Statements and be prepared to vote for the candidates who represent your concerns: http://www.namicalifornia.org/annual-conference.php?page=vote&lang=eng.
The Conference Agenda has been posted at NAMI California. Organize your plans! Discover who is speaking, on what topic, and when. Read about all our speakers. Or view the agenda. Register! We'll see you soon! |
NAMI CAN!
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Judith Wolen, NAMI California's lobbyist, keeps us informed about what bills are coming up and when and helps us understand the intricacies of the legislative process. The list below is an example of one of her updates. Because she has kept us informed, we have submitted timely position letters to the policy committees before they got to this point - the appropriations committees. We will only be submitting a letter on AB 1453 because we worked with a coalition, the California Coalition for Whole Health, to develop an amendment. As soon as these hearings are over, we will be reviewing for amendments and preparing letters for the floor votes. We will keep you informed.
AB 1569 (Allen D) Community mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment.
Position: Support
AB 1907 (Lowenthal, Bonnie D) Inmates: psychiatric medication.
Position: Support
AB 693 (Ammiano D) Homelessness: housing
status data.
Position: SupportAB 153 (Monning D) Essential health benefits. Position: Support SB 9 (Yee D) Sentencing Position: Support
AB 2369 (Valadao R) Prisoners: pharmacy services. Position: Watch SB 542 (Price D) Inmate Welfare Fund.
Position: Support
SB 591 (Hernandez D) Health care coverage: essential health benefits.
Position: Support
Total measures: eight
- - Bettie Reinhardt, MPH
NAMI CAN! Coordinator
bettie.reinhardt@namicalifornia.org
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Links to CRDP Population Reports
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MHSOAC Update Newsletter Online
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The July 2012 edition of the MHSOAC Update newsletter has been posted and is now available at http://www.mhsoac.ca.gov/MHSOAC_Publications/docs/Newsletters/Newsletter_July2012.pdf
This edition includes:
- An Interview with MHSOAC Commissioner Richard Van Horn
- Communications and Evaluations Updates
- Community Forum Reports
- Research on County Anti-Bullying Programs
- New County Outreach Efforts
- Success Stories from the San Diego American Indian Youth Center
And much more!
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FSP TAY Cultural Relevance Tool Kit - for Distribution
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Thanks to the excellent work from the principal writer, Wayne Munchel, LCSW, TAY Services Director, Stars Behavioral Health Group & CiMH consultant as well as the cultural relevance writer, Katherine Eliott, PhD, MPH, CiMH consultant, the Community Defined Practices Committee, the Community Defined Program Contributors, the FSP Advisory Committee and all those who contributed to the FSP TAYTool Kit, it is now ready for distribution. Please feel free to share with those you know who are interested in this topic. Download the Tool Kit. This Tool Kit and all other 8 FSP Tool Kits can also be located the CiMH website at http://www.cimh.org/Learning/Publications-DVD/Toolkits.aspx. --Cathy Bankson California Institute for Mental Health |
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Position Announcement for the Deputy Director of OHE
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The Exempt position announcement (see link below) for the Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity was released on Friday with a Final Filing Date of August 24, 2012. This is a very exciting time for the OHE. Please forward the link along for wide distribution to all of your contacts.
http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/bull2/exemptpdfs/08022012_5.pdf
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Orange County Community Forum on the MHSA, Sept. 13
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If You Paid for PaxilŽ, You Could Get a Payment from a Class Action Settlement
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A class action settlement will provide money to California residents who were 18 years old or older and who paid for any portion of the price of the prescription antidepressant PaxilŽ while living in California from January 14, 1999 through January 1, 2003, and who qualify under the settlement (these people are called "Class Members"). If you're included, you may ask for a payment, or you can exclude yourself from, or object to, the settlement. The Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles will have a hearing to decide whether to approve the settlement so that payments can be issued. The lawsuit claims that GlaxoSmithKline falsely advertised and promoted PaxilŽ as being non-habit forming or non-addictive and that GlaxoSmithKline's advertisements and promotional materials failed to disclose the risk of symptoms from stopping or discontinuing PaxilŽ. GlaxoSmithKline denies each of these allegations. Click here for details. |
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Contact Information
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Weekly Report
NAMI California
1851 Heritage Lane,
Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916-567-0163 Fax: 916-567-1757
www.namicalifornia.org
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