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2D8D36F12B572AEB8725878000749CC1 Hearing Summary




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BILL SUMMARY For WORKFORCE RECOMMENDATIONS: REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

INTERIM COMMITTEE  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATIONAL TASK FORCE
Date Nov 1, 2021      
Location Old State Library



Workforce Recommendations: Review and Discussion - Committee Discussion Only


03:13:47 PM  

José Esquibel, Director, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, presented preliminary draft recommendations from the workforce working group.  The recommendations can be viewed here:  http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/2017/bhttf_subpanel_workforce_pillar_preliminary_draft_recommendations_11-1-21.pdf.

The following other individuals contributed to the presentation about the workforce recommendations:

  • Summer Gathercole, Senior Advisor for Behavioral Health Transformation, Colorado Department of Human Services
  • Steve Holloway, Health Access Branch Director, Prevention Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Byron Pelton, Logan County Commissioner
  • Casey Wolfington, PsyD, Senior Director of Community Behavioral Health, Eagle Valley Behavioral Health
  • Matt Vogle, Executive Director, National Behavioral Health Innovation Center
03:44:19 PM  

Committee members asked questions about the workforce recommendations. 

04:21:40 PM  

Senator Pettersen noted that the guidance and lenses portion of the agenda will be rescheduled to the following week.






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