CESSA Protocols & Standards Subcommittee Meeting 01/16/2025

CESSA Protocols & Standards Subcommittee Meeting January 16, 2025, 2:30 - 4:00 pm

  • Virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting Minutes - Approved by Members 02/06/2025

Call to Order/Roll Call

  • Meeting called to order by Lee Ann Reinert at 2:31 pm (via Zoom)
  • Pete Dyer motioned for approval of meeting minutes from December 19, 2024, seconded by Rachael Ahart. Motion carried.
  • Members present and voted to approve minutes: Rachael Ahart, Lee Ann Reinert, Jessica Gimeno, Pete Dyer, Justin Houcek, Bobby Van Bebber, Brittany Watson
  • Members absent at time of roll call who later joined and voted to approve minutes: James Hennessey, Blanca Campos
  • Members absent: Cindy Barbera-Brelle, Drew Hansen, Brent Reynolds
  • Motion to approve minutes from December 19, 2024 passes.

State Updates:

  • No updates.

Total Response/PowerPhone Pilot Updates (Dr. Mary Smith):

  • January 7, 2025: The Crisis Hub and Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator met with Total Response Pilot PSAP Administrators to review protocol modifications and pilot procedures.
  • January 13, 2025: MCRT & Centerstone 988 Total Response Pilot Meeting
  • Updates to training:
    • Based on feedback received from pilot PSAPS, the de-escalation module of PSAP training will be replaced in the next several meetings
    • Offer an exemption for certain required modules for CIT 8-hour and 40-hour courses
  • Throughout January 2025
    • Continued touch base with Pilot Sites in preparation for Pilot
    • Total Response will install protocol modifications
    • Pilot sites will "launch" once this and all training is complete
  • January 28, 2025: Pilot Kick-off- remarks by leadership and bringing pilot entities together for short meeting
  • January 29, 2025: Pilot Begins
  • February - April 2025: Bi-weekly pilot PSAP meetings with the Crisis Hub to check in on pilot progress and address issues as appropriate); Data Collection and Reporting
  • May 2025: Pilot Evaluation and Review of Findings
  • Questions:
  • Jim Hennesey: For the bi-weekly meetings, will the protocols and standards committee be receiving information about what is being learned from those meetings?
    • Mary Smith: We can share, we're trying to gather information through the pilot process and see if we can make any adjustments. For these meetings, we'll be setting up two options because we know people are busy and they're not always available at the same time each week.

Update on Work with Protocol Vendors and Next Steps (Dr. Mary Smith):

  • Priority Dispatch
    • December 20, 2024: Met with Priority Dispatch representative and subject matter experts to continue work to crosswalk Priority Dispatch Protocols to IRLM risk factors and acuity
    • Need to meet an additional time with pre-test sites and Priority Dispatch
    • Identifying Pre-test and Pilot Sites (nearly complete)
    • 988 Center will continue to be Centerstone
  • APCO
    • APCO - Continued review of protocols
    • Identifying Pre-test and Pilot Sites
  • Priority Dispatch & APCO
    • January 14, 2025: MCRT overview of Priority Dispatch and APCO pilots
    • February 2025: Pre-tests start
    • April 2025: Pilots start

Questions from the Committee

  • Jim Hennessey: When the data is collected and being analyzed, will that be shared in this committee?
    • Mary Smith: We won't be doing a total analysis of the data until the end, but we'll be able to talk generally about trends.
  • Mary Smith: I just want to make a comment, it's Lee Ann's last Protocols & Standards meeting, and we will miss you.

Next Meeting Dates:

Meetings are held virtually 2:30-4:00 PM on the first and third Thursdays of each month, unless otherwise noted:

  • February 6, 2025
  • February 20, 2025

Public Comment:

  • None

Adjournment:

  • Lee Ann Reinert adjourned the meeting at 2:52pm.