REMARKS
Council Member Linda Lee shares personal experience with mental health and addiction services
2:24:12
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Council Member Linda Lee empathizes with the challenges of treating co-occurring disorders based on her experience running an Article 31 clinic. She highlights the longstanding issues with merging OMH and OASIS, and the complications arising from insurance and agency restrictions.
- Acknowledges frustration with treating only one aspect of interconnected issues
- Recalls past efforts to merge OMH and OASIS that were unsuccessful
- Recognizes the impact of insurance and agency restrictions on treatment options
Linda Lee
2:24:12
Yeah.
2:24:12
And I just wanted to echo, I hear you on all of those things because as someone who started and ran an Article 30 1 clinic, it was very frustrating for me because I can treat only one aspect, but you know that they're all sort of interconnected and tied.
2:24:26
And I still remember, back when I was working at, a statewide health foundation back then, this was like in 2007 or 8, even at that time also, the the, OMH and OASIS were thinking about merging.
2:24:40
And we actually put a lot of dollars into that whole effort, which didn't end up going anywhere.
2:24:44
And I think it's it's frustrating because a lot of it is based on insurance and what you can and cannot do depending on which insurance and which agency you're going through.
2:24:53
So I hear you on that.
2:24:55
And so we should definitely talk more about that.
Stephanie Marquesano
2:24:56
And even more challenging is that they are very excited because they have the one place that they've integrated are crisis stabilization centers.