CADA Public Policy Conference

 Agenda
Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA

 

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

 

8:00 to 9:00

 Registration,  Continental Breakfast

 

Morning Session

 

              Conference Welcome and
              Overview/ CADA Issues
 

 

 Tuesday Keynote

Sec. Kimberly Belshé,
CA Health and Human Services Agency

            AOD Budget Issues

 

 

   

Senator Michael Machado, Chair, Senate Budget, Subcommittee #4 State Admin., General Govt., Judicial and Transportation

 

 

Sen. Denise Ducheny, Chair, Senate Budget Committee

 

 

Assemblymember Juan Arambula, Chair, Budget Sub Committee #4

 

 

Assemblymember John Laird, Chair Assembly Budget Committee

12:00

Luncheon Keynote:

Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act, 2008
 

Dan Abrahmson
Drug Policy Alliance

Afternoon Session

 

  Facility Licensing- Knowing the Law
 
Debra Parker, Solutions for Treatment Expansions Project (STEP)
  Co-Occurring Disorders, Update on the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), Mental Health  Services Perspective
 

Stephen W. Mayberg, Ph. D, Director
Department of Mental Health

  Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Abuse Disorders
 

Renee Zito, Director
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs

 

Implementation of AB 900, Substance Abuse Programs in –custody and Post release
 

Kathy Jett, Undersecretary, Programs,  CDCR  

 

 In-custody services for  Mental Health and Addiction Disease
 

J. Clark Kelso, Receiver,  California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation (Invited)

 

 

 

5:30 pm

CADA Evening Reception
Sheraton Grand Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

8:30 to 9:00

 Registration, Breakfast

 

Morning Session  
   

 Little Hoover Commission: Addressing Addiction: Improving & Integrating California’s Substance Abuse Treatment

Mark Martin, Project Director
Little Hoover Commission

 

ADP Update

Renee Zito, Director ADP

 

 

Legislative Visits                        10:30 am to Noon

 

 12:00

Luncheon Speaker 

Assemblymember
Jim Beall

     
Afternoon Session  

Workforce Development: Counselor Licensing:

 A Consensus Perspective

Assemblymember
Mark DeSaulnier

2:30 pm

Conference Wrap Up, Evaluation