CESSA Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 09/12/2022

Approved by Committee Members 10/14/2022

Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) Statewide Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes - Monday, September 12, 2022 - 1:00-3:00 pm via WebEx

• Call to Order/Roll Call
  • Meeting called to order by Secretary Grace Hou
  • Attendees:
    • Via Webex: Lee Ann Reinert , Alice Carey , Ashley Theola Blanca Campos, Brent Reynolds, Chris Huff, Cindy Barbarella, David Albert, Drew Hanson, Curtis Harris (absent during Roll Call but joined after), Emily Miller, Erika Freeman, Jim Kaichuck, Richard Manthy, Shelly Dallas, Pooja Nagpal
• Meeting Logistics/OMA
  • Meeting Recorded and can be viewed at: CESSA Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting 09/12/2022 Recording Link (please note captions auto-generated)
  • Reminder about training completion by Members if not already completed
• Alternate dates for October and November meetings
  • Cindy Barbera-Brelle indicated that she has a conflict with Oct 14th but is okay with the meeting still being held.
  • Chris Huff: has a conflict with Oct 19th ; He also does not recall receiving a survey via email. DMH to check with him offline about not getting the email to resolve this from occurring in the future.
  • It was agreed upon by Members to proceed with scheduling Oct's meeting on Fri Oct 14, 1-3 pm, with no objections.
  • No objections to Monday November 21, 11am -1pm
  • NEW DATES:
    • Friday October 14, 1pm-3pm
    • Monday November 21, 11am -1pm
• Review and Approval of Minutes from SAC meeting on August 8, 2022
  • Members voted during Roll Call
  • No objections/edits
  • Minutes for 08/08/22 approved by all 14 members present during Roll Call
• State of Updates
  • Updates provided by Deputy Director of Policy Planning and Innovation, Lee Ann Reinert
  • Director of DMH will chair the rest of the meeting as designated by Secretary Hou
  • Further updates provided by Division of Mental Health Director Albert
• Expert Presentation - The Role of Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Protocol Providers in the Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum in Illinois
  • Presented by: Dr. Lorrie Rickman Jones, President, Behavioral & Population Health Innovations and Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Statewide 911 Administrator, Illinois State Police
  • Questions/Comments from Committee Members:
    • Chris Huff
    • Curtis Harris
    • Jim Kaitschuck
    • Blanco Campos
    • Emily Miller
    • Brent Reynolds
• Expert Presentation - A Conversation with Illinois' Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Protocol Providers: The Role of EMD Protocol Providers in CESSA.
  • Moderator: Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Statewide 911 Administrator, Illinois State Police
  • Protocol Provider Panel Experts:
    • Sarah Burtner/Shelly Johnson -APCO
    • Jim Jones /Deb King -Power Phone
    • Ty Wooten -Priority Dispatch
• Public Comment
  • AJ French - Questions for Director Albert 600 CRSS in next three years - Can the DMH looking to expand can you consider with peer operated nonprofits to provide those services. Gift of voice involved with one of the institutions. great to have both and equity to compete those type of fundings. Can you take that into discussion? Also how does increasing beds decrease your staffing shortage?
  • Larry -CIT training -Will this be standard all over the state? Talking about workforce shortage- any consideration training some screened returning citizens pre licensed depending on the nature they were maintained. Good screening process with returning citizens. There are many citizens who are being retained in institutions depending on nature of their offense, lot of them have experience, training and screening might be able to provide short term and long term relief for this type of work.
  • Rachel: Request some of the maps shared in presentation request that image pdfs made available for the public, shared. Very hard to read.
  • Matt Fishback: 988 in the future will be dispatching the MCR teams. Who is doing it now?
  • Member -Blanca Campos: coverage map that you showed does that include 590 providers covering that area?
  • Member-Chris Huff: Echo the comment about targeting the engagement of citizen re-entering society. Target that population because they were ultimately incarcerated because of mental health reasons. Consider them for training, targeted subsidies, to adequately support the MCR workforce shortage. DMH, please consider that as part of the process to close the workforce shortage.
  • Gordon: Regarding AJ's clarifying question. It relates to co-responder models in some areas. Consider that some areas have these models. What are the current examples and reasons where are trying to make the model more equitable with people with disability? Also, to help jurisdictions to transition from co-responder or non responder models?
• Motion to adjourn meeting by Member Brent Reynolds
  • Seconded by Member Blanca Campos
  • Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm