The Mental Health and Disability Services (MH/DS) Redesign Transition Committee will meet for a final time on Tuesday, November 20 to finalize its report to the Iowa Legislature. The report may include a recommendation that the work group continue to meet to discuss issues related to the transition from the old county-based system to a new regional system. This meeting is open to the public but will be done by conference call (call-in information will be available here).
The Transition Committee met in October, and was supposed to start to develop their list of legislative recommendations. However, the discussion became more of a brainstorming session rather than a decision-making session. Committee members hope to vote on recommendations next week in their meeting, and will allow a minority opinion to be expressed in the final report if the votes are not unanimous. Keep an eye on our Facebook and our website to find out what happens.