NAMI To Hold Legislative Conference January 30 – February 1, 1998

Posted on January 27, 1998

Arlington, VA - The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) will conduct its annual legislative conference January 30 - February 1, 1998, at the Arlington Hilton Hotel (950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA; 703/528-6000). More than 100 NAMI leaders from throughout the country will attend the meeting to discuss a wide range of policy issues that affect persons with severe mental illnesses and their families. Among the speakers will be Bernard Arons, M.D., director of the Center for Mental Health Services; Tennessee State Representative Kathryn Bowers; Nelba Chavez, Ph.D., administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Texas State Representative Garnet Coleman; Charles Cook, editor of Cook Political Report; and Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA.

Conference Highlights:

Jan. 30, 9:00 am Health Care Policy Issues in the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress and in the 1998 Elections

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA

Jan. 31, 9:00 am Panel Discussion on Managed Care

Moderator: Laura Lee Hall, Ph.D., NAMI deputy director of Policy and Research Patricia McTaggert, Dir of Quality & Performance Management Group, HCFA Danna Mauch, Ph.D., president and COO, Magellan Public Solutions Janet Susin, AMI-PATH, New York State

Jan. 31, 4:00 pm How to Promote Recovery in a Dependency Based System

Moderator: J. Rock Johnson, J.D., NAMI Board of Directors Ken Dudek, executive director of Fountain House Rick Douglas, director, Disability Initiative, U.S. Department of Labor, Kim Hildred, staff dir, House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Social Security

Feb. 1, 9:00 am Building on Parity