COMMISSION TO STUDY MENTAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN MARYLAND

Chair: Boyd K. Rutherford, Lt. Governor

[photo, State House, Annapolis, Maryland] Appointed by Governor: Barbara L. Allen; Cari G. Cho; Serina Eckwood; Patricia B. Miedusiewski; Bhaskara R. Tripuraneni, M.D.; one vacancy.

Appointed by Senate President: Adelaide C. Eckardt; Katie Fry Hester.

Appointed by House Speaker: Robbyn T. Lewis; one vacancy.

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Richard P. Abbott, Esq.

Ex officio: Carol A. Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities; Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health; Lisa A. Burgess, M.D., Acting Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health; Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of Human Services; Robert L. Green, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; William M. Pallozzi, Secretary of State Police; Karen B. Salmon, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools; Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., Maryland Insurance Commissioner; Steven R. Schuh, Executive Director, Opioid Operational Command Center.

State House, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Staff: Courtney A. Highsmith, Esq.; Heather N. Poston
c/o Office of Lt. Governor
State House, 100 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1925
(410) 974-3901; 1-800-811-8336 (toll free)
e-mail: mbh.commission@maryland.gov
web: https://governor.maryland.gov/ltgovernor/commission-to-study-mental-and-behavioral-health-in-maryland/

Staff: Pilar B. Helm; Webster Ye
c/o Maryland Department of Health
Herbert R. O'Conor State Office Buidling, 201 West Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201 - 2399
(410) 767-6481
e-mail: pilar.helm@maryland.gov; webster.ye@maryland.gov

Interim Report to Governor due Aug. 10, 2019 (Executive Order 01.01.2019.02).

Annual Report to Governor due Dec. 31 (Executive Order 01.01.2019.02; Executive Order 01.01.2019.06).

In January 2019, the Governor's Commission to Study Mental and Behavioral Health in Maryland was created (Executive Order 01.01.2019.02).

The Commission is to review the Strategic Plan: 24/7 Crisis Walk-in and Mobile Crisis Team Services produced by the Behavioral Health Advisory Council in 2017. To identify local differences in the impact of mental illness, regional summits will be conducted across the State. Further, the Commission is to advise and assist the Governor in improving access to mental health services statewide.

In May 2019, four members were added to the Commission, and also a requirement for an annual report (Executive Order 01.01.2019.06).

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