The University of South Florida Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute announces the Florida Medicaid Drug Therapy Management Program for Behavioral Health Florida Maternal Mental Health Symposium: Building Collaborations to Empower Women ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

University of South Florida

The Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: April 21, 2016, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

PLACE: Hilton Garden Inn, 1330 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32301

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The University of South Florida Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute announces the Florida Medicaid Drug Therapy Management Program for Behavioral Health Florida Maternal Mental Health Symposium: Building Collaborations to Empower Women and Enhance Screening, Treatment, and Community Support. This symposium provides an opportunity for various stakeholders to come together, get to know each other, and explore new collaborations in enhancing mental health and substance use treatment and services to pregnant and postpartum women in Florida. Meeting objectives include: Convene a group of Florida stakeholders interested in enhancing screening, treatment, and community support for mental health conditions in pregnancy and the postpartum; Review the literature on maternal mental health screening and treatment; Review the literature on family planning in this population and inter-conception health; Identify barriers and gaps in programming, treatment, and services in pregnancy and the postpartum; and Develop a collaborative, actionable plan for enhancing screening, treatment, and community support for mental health conditions in pregnancy and the postpartum in Florida.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Dr. Kai Stauffer LeMasson at [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail].

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Kai Dawn Stauffer LeMasson Health Policy and Law, 13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd. MHC 2725, Tampa, FL 33612 at [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

For more information, you may contact: Dr. Kai Stauffer LeMasson at [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail].