Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Mental Hygiene
February 7, 2019
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript

Testimony
Ann Marie T. Sullivan
Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health

Roger Bearden
Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities

Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez
Commissioner, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services

Denise Miranda
Executive Director, New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs

Lauri Cole
Executive Director, New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Allison Weingarten
Interim Executive Director, Friends of Recover – New York

Kellie Roe
Second Chance Opportunities, Inc.

Sue Martin
Advocate, Recovery Advocacy in Saratoga

Virginia Davey
Statewide OPH Labor/Management Chair, Public Employees Federation

Andrea Smyth
Executive Director, New York State Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health

Patrick Curran
Steering Committee Member, State Wide Advocacy Network

Harvey Rosenthal
Executive Director, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

Mark van Voorst
Executive Director, The Are New York

Ann Hardiman
President and CEO, New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation

Michael Seereiter
Executive Vice President and CEO

Barbara Crosier
Vice President of Governmental Relations, Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State/ The Coalition of Provider Associations

Winifred Schiff
Associate Executive Director for Legislative Affairs

Wendy Burch
Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness – New York State

Ariel Coffman, LMSW
President

John Coppola
Executive Director, New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers

Antonia Lasicki
Executive Director, The Association for Community Living

Glenn Liebman
CEO, Mental Health Association in New York State, Inc.

Kelly Hansen
Executive Director, New York State Conference of Local Mental Health Hygiene Directors

Paige Pierce
CEO, Families Together in New York State

Drew Bielemeier
Senior Vice President

Ken Robinson
Executive Director, Research for a Safer New York, Inc.

Shameka Andrews
Self-Advocacy Organization

Written Testimony
Amy Dorin
President & CEO, The Coalition for Behavioral Health

Human Services COLA

Michael A. Lawler
Director, Catholic Charities-New York State Catholic Conference

William T. Gettman, JR.
Chief Executive Officer, Northern Rivers Family of Services

Shawn D. Francois
President, District Council 37, Local 372

New York Health Plan Association

Richard Barnes
Executive Director, New York State Catholic Conference

UJA

Nicole McVinua
Policy Analyst, Urban Pathways