Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Mental Hygiene
February 16, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany
Testimony
Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health
Commissioner, New York State Office of Addiction Services and Support
Commissioner, New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
Executive Director, New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
Executive Director, New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (the Conference)
Director, New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, Inc. (ASAP)
CEO, Mental Health Association in NYS, Inc. (MHANYS)
Interim Executive Director, Public Affairs, National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State (NAMI-MYS)
Associate Executive Director, Policy and Advocacy, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC)
Director, New York Creative Arts Therapists
Board Member, NYS Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health
Executive Director, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
Mental Health Attorney Specialist, New York County Defender Services (NYCDS)
Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Alternative Services (CASES)
President, Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates (COMPA)
Families Together in New York State (FTNYS)
President & CEO, New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation (NY Alliance)
Parent
Executive Director, RISE Housing and Support Services
Executive Director, The Association for Community Living
Self Advocate, Care Design NY
President, New York Disability Advocates (NYDA)
The ARC New York
Written Testimony