Bill Activity
NAMI Indiana 2010 Legislative Update
Enrolled Acts:
SB 79:Defines "waste" for the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning
SB 226:Assigns the topic of teen suicide prevention to the health finance committee for the 2010 interim session
SB 295:Family and Social Services Administration Bill Items of Interest:
- Definition of case management
- Administration of Evansville State Hospital and the Evansville State Psychiatric Treatment Center for Children
HB 1193:Creates law enforcement, school policing, and youth work (work group) to be staffed and administered by the criminal justice institute.
For more information please go to:
www.in.gov/legislative
click on "bills and resolutions" and search for the specific bill from any of the options
Note: Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, is still reviewing all of these bills. To our knowledge he has no plans to veto any bills.
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Mark Your Calendar
Upcoming Events
Criminal Justice Trainings
Mental Illness & Juveniles - Thursday, June 10, 2010
Mental Illness #101- Thursday, August 26, 2010
Mental Illness #201 - Thursday. October 14, 2010
Mental Illness #101- Thursday, November 18,
Annual State Conference
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
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Top ten creative ways to support
NAMI Indiana
10. Donate office supplies
9. Go online to set up a monthly dontation: www.namiindiana.org
8. Renew your membership
7. Recruit your business to make NAMI Indiana the "charity of choice"
6. Recruit your business to sponsor our state conference
5. Ask you friends and family if they would like to join our mailing list and send us their information
4. Attach a link on your e-mail saying you are a supporter of NAMI Indiana
3. Donate to NAMI Indiana in honor of a loved one affected by mental illness
2. Instead of mailing holiday cards, donate to NAMI Indiana and notify your friends by e-mail
AND THE NUMBER ONE CREATIVE WAY TO SUPPORT NAMI INDIANA THIS YEAR IS....
1. Ask friends and family to give to NAMI Indiana in lieu of gifts for your birthday, anniversary, etc.
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2010 Meet and Greet
On January 12, NAMI members from across the state converged on the statehouse with "talking points" in hand. This annual event, Meet & Greet, continues to grow with more and more NAMI members sharing their stories. We setup shop in the North Rotunda armed with a sense of purpose, a strong resolve and refreshments.
Your legislators in an unprecedented numbers sought us out either in person or by representation. We are proud to say that we are encouraged by the strong response.
We were also proud to have the Indiana Clubhouse* Coalition join us in talking with our legislators. You would be happy to know that the legislators wanted to know our issues, listened intently, and chatted with us.
If you have ever had the idea that you would like to express your views to Indiana's Lawmakers, tell a personal story about your struggles, and or have a pearl of wisdom that might make a difference in the life of another Hoosier, please plan to join us next year. We will equip you with the proper protocol to be able to converse with your legislator. You will also be in a group of friends that are passionate about the mission and vision of NAMI Indiana.
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A Meeting of the Minds
On March 5, 2010, 263 participants from around the state gathered at NAMI Indiana's Mental Health & Criminal Justice Summit to learn more information about mental illness and to network together. Morning keynote speaker Judge Steven Leifman from Miami, Florida energized the crowd with his passionate talk about leading exciting changes with Florida reform initiatives that have made a difference for those with mental illness. Judge Leifman is a leading expert and special advisor to the Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court. In this capacity, Judge Leifman has been responsible for chairing the Court's Mental Health Subcommittee which authored a report entitled Transforming Florida's Mental Health System. This ground-breaking report has received considerable state and national recognition.
Afternoon keynote speaker Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier and speaker and is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime. In the new field of killogy, Col. Grossman has made revolutionary new contributions to our understanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root causes of the current "virus" of violent crime that is raging around the world, and the process of healing the victims of violence, in war and peace. He mesmerized the audience with his stories about school violence and the resulting aftermath of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that many have suffered. His book sales and signing table was quite popular throughout the day.
Attendees hailed from a variety of career disciplines within the criminal justice field including public defenders, judges, police officers, sheriff deputies, jail officers, correctional officers, community correction employees, probation workers, nurses, dispatch workers, mental health professionals, and advocates. Besides the keynote lectures and a networking lunchtime, participants chose from a variety of workshops including topics such as Judge as a Change Agent, Crisis Intervention Teams, Juveniles and Jail, Hospital Emergency Room Panel Discussion, Problem-Solving Courts, Teen Suicide, and From Combat to Community.
Overall, the 7th Annual Mental Health & Criminal Justice Summit was a success. As quoted from the resulting evaluations of the event, there "was a wealth of information offered on variety of subjects" and the conference "exceeded my expectations." We hope you join us next year!
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Annual State Conference
October 9th, 2010
Featured Speaker
Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.), in 1998, when she was twenty-three. What started as a crazy idea suggested by a writer friend became the classic book that has been published in fourteen languages, is taught in universities and writing programs all over the world, and has, according to the thousands of letters Marya has received over the years, changed lives.
Her second book, the acclaimed novel The Center of Winter (HarperCollins, 2005) has been called "masterful," "gorgeous writing," "a stunning acheivement of storytelling," "delicious," and "compulsive reading." Told in three voices, by six-year-old Kate, her mentally ill brother Esau, and their mother Claire, The Center of Winter is the story of a family recovering from a father's suicide in the spare, wintry Minnesota north, a story of struggle, transformation, and hope.
Marya's new memoir Madness: A Life (Houghton Mifflin) is an intense, beautifully written book about the difficulties, and promise, of living with mental illness. It is already being called "the most visceral, important book on mental illness to be published in years." It will be published in April of 2008.
The recipient of a host of awards for journalism and a Pulitzer Prize nominee, Marya has lectured at universities around the country, taught writing and literature, and published in academic and literary journals since 1992. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband Jeff, their cats Shakespeare and T.S. Eliot, and their miniature dachsunds Milton and Dante.
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Upcoming State Essentials
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NAMI'S MISSION:
NAMI Indiana is dedicated to the improvement of the quality of life for persons who are affected by mental illness, by providing education, support, advocacy, and research. The state organization supports and develops local affiliates and represents the needs of the membership. | |
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