Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Mental Hygiene
February 5, 2021
9:30 a.m.
Testimony
Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health
Commissioner, New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
Commissioner, New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support
Executive Director, NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
Poverty & Health Policy Associate, Children’s Defense Fund-New York
Executive Director, New York State Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health
President and CEO, Family and Children’s Association
Director, Supporting Our Youth & Adults Network (SOYAN)
Chair, CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities
Director, Disabilities Justice, NY Lawyers for the Public Interest
CEO, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
Health Policy Attorney, Legal Action Center
Policy Consultant, Community Advocate
Executive Director, New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
President, Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers & Advocates
Executive Director, Friends of Recovery NY
CEO, Mental Health Association in NYS
Executive Director, New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors, Inc.
Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
President & CEO, The Coalition for Behavioral Health
Founding Member, New York Alliance for Development Disabilities
Executive Director, Association for Community Living
Advocate, New York Self-Determination Coalition
President and CEO, CP of NYS, New York Disability Advocates (NYDA)
Member, Executive Committee, NYCFair
Chapter Chair, Local 372, DC 37 AFSCME
President, Self-Advocacy Association New York State
CEO, LIFEPlan CCO NY
Written Testimony
Chief Executive Officer at Astor Services for Children & Families
Parent and Manhattan Regional Chaor of the Care Design NY Individual & Family Advisory Board
Deputy CEO/Chief Operating Officer, Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster
Director of Policy for Child and Adolescent Health at Citizen’s Committee for Children of New York, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer, Community Access, Inc.
Director, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
Chief Executive Officer of Housing Works
President and CEO, Independent Living, Inc. & Independent Home Care, Inc.
President/Chief Executive Officer, New York State Nurses Association
Executive Director, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)
President, The New York State Public Employees Federation
Chief Executive, Northern Rivers Family of Services
UJA, Federation of New York
Director of the Western NY Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders