CESSA Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 11/21/2022

Approved by Committee Members 12/12/2022

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

Meeting Minutes - Monday, November 21, 2022 - 11:00-1:00 pm via WebEx

• Call to Order/Roll Call
  • Meeting called to order by Secretary Grace Hou
  • Members present via WebEx:
    • Alice Carey, Ashley Thoele, Blanca Campos, Brent Reynolds, Chris Huff, Cindy Barbera-Brelle, David Albert, Drew Hanson, Curtis Harris, Emily Miller, Erika Freeman, Jim Kaitschuk, Richard Manthy, Jr., Shelly Dallas, Pooja Nagpal
• Review and Approval of Minutes from SAC meeting on October 14, 2022
  • Defer approval to next month's meeting, as minutes were not provided to committee members with adequate time for review
• Meeting Logistics/OMA
  • Sec Hou designated Dr. David Albert to chair the meeting at Noon when she had to leave due to another meeting conflict.
  • This Meeting Recorded and can be viewed at: CESSA Statewide Advisory Committee Meeting 11/21/2022 Recording Link (please note captions auto-generated)
  • Reminder about training completion by Members if not already completed

• State Updates
  • Updates provided by Deputy Director of Policy Planning and Innovation, Lee Ann Reinert
  • Further updates provided by Peter Eckert, UIC Behavioral Health Crisis Hub

• Technical Subcommittee Reports
  • Protocols and Standards: Cindy Barbera-Brelle
  • Technology, Systems Integration, and Data Management- Brent Reynolds
• Lee Ann Reinert: Communication Challenges
  • Questions/Comments from Committee Members/Expert Consultants:
    • Blanca Campos
    • Lia Daniels
    • Shelley Davis
• Expert Presentations:
  • REACH Response Evaluation and Crisis Help- Lt. Rachael Ahart (MSWrfmoore2@illinois.edu) and Megan Cambron (LCSWcambronm@illinois.edu), University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Police Department Co-Response Unit
  • CARE Pilot- City of Chicago-Dr. Markul (eddie.markul@aah.org) is the EMS Medical Director, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center & Tiffany Patton (Tiffany.Patton-Burnside@cityofchicago.org), Chicago Dept of Public Health
  • Questions/Comments from Committee Members/Expert Consultants:
    • Blanca Campos
    • Curtis Harris
    • Jim Kaitschuk
    • Stephanie Frank
• Public Comment
  • Kristen Jordan of Human Services at Schaumburg PD: Comment relating to how police are implementing a mental health program in relation to the HIPAA confidentiality standards.
  • Zachary Gittrich- mentioned that most OMA and Robert's Rule of Order allow to extend this section of the meeting to include questions. He was nominated for Region 2 regional committee and knows of another person who was nominated for Region 6 regional committee. Neither one of them have received any further information on when the regional committees will start. He encourages DMH to fill up the Regional Committees so they can start as soon as possible.
  • Cosette A.- She thinks that we should be able to ask questions at this time. She would like more information on if the arrest rates changed as a result of the co-responder models. Additionally, she wondered how they would respond to calls in the community, and not on the college campus. Any information on any non-police mobile crisis response and how their relationship is with collaborating with local police? She encourages diversity in this work.
  • Jesus Campuzano: He doesn't see why this committee cannot answer the questions now.
• Motion to adjourn meeting by Member Drew Hanson
  • Seconded by Member Shelley Dallas
  • Meeting adjourned at 12:55 pm