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Agenda

• Welcome, Introductions, and Agenda Overview
• Video Greeting from Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
• Updates, Recent Developments and Future Efforts

Underway

• Small Group Work – Determining Regional Priorities
• Vote on Top 5 Regional Priorities
• Closing, Check‐Out, Evaluation
• Adjourn

• To provide guidance regarding implementation of the approved

Statewide Substance Abuse Strategic Action Plan for the improvement

• f the statewide substance abuse continuum of care
• Identify Recommend priorities for the improvement of the substance

abuse continuum of care

• Receive input from local communities throughout West Virginia
• Provide recommendations to the Governor regarding improvements to:
• Enhancing substance abuse education
• Enhancing opportunities to collect and utilize data including data

sharing

• Policy and legislative action

Purpose as set forth is to provide the Advisory Council with recommendations

• for additional support for substance abuse services,

programs, realignment or additional funding strategies,

• advocate for legislative action;
• and recommend initiatives to support the overarching

goals in SA Plan Action Plan

New Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Education, Awareness and Promotion (Anti‐Stigma) funding to:

• Promote efforts to collaborate and coordinate messaging and

marketing targeted increased/enhanced education and awareness

• Is a statewide – All Regions ‐ campaign

Service Delivery – System Improvements

• Prevention funding enhancements to:
• support increased county level Coalition support
• Provide targeted funding to identified high need

counties/communities

Legislative Updates

• SB 454 – Draft Rules for Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP’s) and

Office Based Medication Assisted Treatment Programs (OBMAT’s) were finalized

• New rule went into effect on 09/14/16
• http://ohflac.wv.gov/factype.html#type=V1

1115 SUD Waiver under development – concept paper posted for comment now http://www.dhhr.wv.gov/bms/News/Pages/Draft‐

Substance‐Use‐Disorder‐Waiver‐Proposal‐Available‐for‐.aspx

Crisis Stabilization/Detoxification capacity developments

• Region 2 – 16 beds site visit planned this week

1. Review the recommendations made by the region last year. 2. Discuss any new recommendations based on the information presented and any other community input. 3. Identify “Bigger than Us” priorities per table and write down (legibly) on the worksheet provided and submit to RTF staff.

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What went well today? What could be improved?