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State Team-Building Workshops on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Registration
Coffee

8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.

Welcome

Rick Sampson
Director
Division of State and Community Assistance
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Rockville, Maryland

Rick Fenton
Deputy Director of Family and Children's health Programs Group
Center for Medicaid and State Operations
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Baltimore, Maryland

Marcia Brand, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Adminstrator
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Rockville, Maryland

9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Overview of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Rick Fenton
Deputy Director of Family and Children's health Programs Group
Center for Medicaid and State Operations
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Baltimore, Maryland

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Policy Implications for CHIP: Inclusion of Behavioral Health

Tom Kowal, M.A.
Project Manager
Office of Program Development
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Denver, Colorado

Colleen A. Sonosky, J.D.
Assistant Director and Research Scientist
Center for Health Policy Research
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Comprehensive Health Care: Physical, Mental Health; Substance Abuse: Treatment and Prevention - State Teams Discuss Current CHIP Services (State Caucus Sessions)

11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon

Service Inclusion: Where Are You? Reports from the States to Larger Group

Facilitator: Rick Sampson
Director
Division of State and Community Assistance
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Rockville, Maryland

12:00 noon-1:45 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)

1:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Service Inclusion: Current State CHIP Models (Panel Discussion)

Myrna Bruning
Deputy Director
Program Development and Quality Assessment
Division of Medical Services
Missouri Department of Social Services
Jefferson City, Missouri

Gayle Lees Sandlin, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Director
State Children's Health Insurance Program
Alabama Department of Public Health
Montgomery, Alabama

Robert K. Anderson
Medical Health Care Program Analyst
Children's Mental Health Program Office
Florida Department of Children and Families
Tallahassee, Florida

3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

Outreach and Recruitment: Mobilize States with HRSA on Outreach (Panel Discussion)

Marcia Brand, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Adminstrator
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Rockville, Maryland

Beth Harmon
Program Manager
Partners for Healthy Children
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Columbia, South Carolina

3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Panel: Consumer Views on CHIP

Nancy McCormick
Executive Director
Families First of Alexandria, Inc.
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Alexandria, Virginia

Anthony A. Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Community Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Wrap Up: Coordination of Outreach to Increase Coverage

Rick Sampson, Director

8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Coffee

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

Review of Previous Day

8:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Small Group Work

10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

Reports

Facilitator: Rick Sampson

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Lunch (On Your Own)

1:15 pm.-2:00 p.m.

Overview of SAMHSA CHIP Activities

Chris Heldman
Public Health Analyst
Office of Managed Care
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

SAMHSA's Consumer Bill of Rights Initiative

Catherine Nugent
Public Health Advisor
Division of State and Community Assistance
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Rockville, Maryland

Rick Sampson
Director
Division of State and Community Assistance
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Rockville, Maryland

4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Wrap Up: End of Day Farewell

Rick Sampson

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Last Updated 11-7-02