Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council    

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Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council Members: 2007-2008
Updated 7/08

Co-Chairs:
  Rep. Peggy Sayers    
Jeffrey Walter
  LOB RM 3000    
384 Pratt St.
Hartford, CT 06106 
Meriden, CT 06450

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Appropriations Committee
Co-Chair: Senator Toni Harp
Designee: Rose Marie Burton   rosemarieb@klingberg.com
Co-Chair: Rep. Denise Merrill
Designee: Judith Meyers, Ex. Director, Child Health & Development Institute of CT Meyers@adp.uchc.edu
Ranking Member Senate: Senator David J. Cappiello  David.Cappiello@cga.ct.gov
Ranking Member House: Rep. Kevin M. DelGobbo  Kevin.DelGobbo@housegop.ct.gov

Human Service Committee
Co-Chair: Senator Jonathan Harris
Designee: Ann Nelson  familyeducation@namict.org
Co-Chair: Rep. Peter Villano
Designee: Randi Faith Mezzy, CT Legal Services RMezzy@connlegalservices.org
Ranking Member Senate: Sen. John A Kissel
Designee: Heather M. Gates CEO, Community Health Resources of Windsor Hgates@CHRHealth.org
Ranking Member House: Rep. Lile. R. Gibbons
Designee: Sherry Perlstein, Ex. Director Child Guidance Center of Southern CT.
Sherry.Perlstein@childguidancect.org

Public Health Committee
Co-Chair: Senator Mary Ann Handley Handley@sendems.ct.gov
Designee:  Sharon Langer, CTVoices  slanger@ctkidslink.org
Co-chair: Rep. Peggy Sayers Peggy.sayers@cga.ct.gov
Ranking Member Senate:  Sen. Andrew Roraback  Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov
Designee: Maureen Smith, Office of Healthcare Advocate  Maureen.smith@ct.gov
Ranking Member House: Rep. Mary Ann Carson  MaryAnn Carson@housegop.ct.gov
Designee: Dr. Charles Herrick, Chairman of the Dept Of BH at Danbury Hospital
                  Charles.herrick@danhosp.org    

STATUTORY APPOINTMENTS

Community Mental Health Strategy Board
Stephen Larcen, slarcen@natchaug.org

Hospital: general/specialty (2)
1) Elizabeth Collins, LCSW Yale New Haven Hospital Elizabeth.collins@ynhh.org
2) Stephen Frayne   CHA representative   Frayne@chime.org

HUSKY Adult with Psychiatric Disability
OPEN

Adult Advocate
Sheila Amdur, NAMI s.amdur@snet.net

HUSKY Parents (2)
1) Lorna Grivois, Families United   grivois620@adelphia.net
2) Beresford Wilson  Wilson4kids@msn.com

Health Policy/Program Evaluation
Ellen Andrews, CT Health Policy Project Andrews@cthealthpolicy.org

Child Advocate
Molly Cole,  mcole@uchc.edu

Primary Care Provider (Medical) (1)
Ramindra Walia, MD, UCFS mwalia@ucfs.org

Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Davis Gammon, MD & President CT Council of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Davis.gammon@yale.edu

Adult with or Advocate for Persons with Substance Abuse Disorder
Melody Nelson melody06320@yahoo.com

School Based Health Centers (1)

Connie Catrone, LCSW, Bridgeport SBHC  CatroC0@CI.Bridgeport.ct.us

Provider-Adult BH Community Services

Susan Walkama, Director, Managed Care, Wheeler Clinic Swalkama@wheelerclinic.org

Provider: Child Residential Services

Anthony DelMastro, Children’s Center, Hamden, CT adelmastro@childrenscenterhamden.org

Provider-Child BH Community Services (1)

Rick Calvert, SE CT Child Guidance Clinics calvertr@cfapress.org

Representative-Medicaid MC Council

Jeffrey Walter, Rushford Center Jwalter@rushford.org


EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS

State Agencies
Department of Social Services
Mark Schaefer, Ph.D Mark.Schaefer@po.state.ct.us
Department of Children & Families
Karen Andersson, Ph.D  Karen.andersson@po.state.ct.us
Dept. MH & Addiction Services
Deputy Commissioner Pat Rehmer  Pat.rehmer@po.state.ct.us
State Department of Education
Jocelyn MackeyPhD  Jocelyn.Mackey@ct.gov
Office of Policy & Management
Paul Potamianos paul.potamianos@ctgov
Office of the Comptroller
Thomas Deasy Thomas.deasy@po.state.ct.us
Office of Health Care Access
Cristine Vogel, Commissioner Cristine.vogel@po.state.ct.us
Office of the Child Advocate
Mickey Kramer  mickey.kramer@po.state.ct.su

HUSKY Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs)
Anthem Blue Care Family Plan
Dr. Razia Hashmi, Med. Director Razia.Hashmi@wellpoint.com
Community Health Network of CT (CHNCT)
Lynn Childs, V.P. Health Services lchilds@chnct.org
Administrative Service Organization: ValueOptions
Lori Szczygiel, CEO, CTBHP  Lori.Szczygiel@valueoptions.com

File:  BHP OC Members 2007-2008