Contact: Erika Martinez
(505)986-4819
Erika.Martinez@nmlegis.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2014
Behavioral Health Subcommittee Meeting Wednesday, September 17
Santa Fe, NM – The Behavioral Health Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at the J. Cloyd Miller Library at Western New Mexico University, located at 10th Street in Silver City.
Subcommittee members will discuss return on investment for school-based health clinics with primary focus on behavioral health, as well as adult substance abuse continuum. They will also receive an update on the Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center by representatives from Sequoyah Treatment Center, the Department of Health, Fort Bayard Medical Center and Turquoise Lodge Hospital.
Committee Chair Representative Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson (D-24-Bernalillo) and Vice Chair Senator Benny Shendo, Jr. (D-22- Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan & Sandoval) will preside at the meeting.
Complete meeting details and agenda items can be accessed through the following link: http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/agendas/BHSagesep17.14.pdf.
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