Programming and actually providing what we would want to provide, which is real treatment on demand for everybody seeking it in a quick period of time and support for them afterwards. I am hoping some of what will come out of doctor blands work is a map of what would and you suggested maybe it is three or a total of double the step down beds. It doesnt solve Behavioral Health court problem. It is hard for us as policymakers to, you know, work and i assume this is true in the Mayors Office to come up with solutions if we dont have a real assessment of what the gaps are. It is true, i didnt focus specifically on justice involvement in this presentation. We could find out. There are experts that would know better than i. Supervisor mandelman we have that hearing. We will have a lot of conversations about the jail. It does send assessors to the jail. It is difficult even though they are in jail it doesnt mean be they are easy to find or sit down with. A lot of things get in the way of the
Questions. I can accept and it makes sense to me for the person who is seeking treatment, a homeless person, outreach worker says do you want to go to treatment and they say, yes, there is a relatively short wait. It sounds like that could be several days and supervisor stefani, that is not exactly treatment on demand. There might be work to do there. I am more troubled by the access to treatment for the justice involved population which we had a hearing on several months ago. What we hear from Behavioral Health court and drug court is that they have a very hard time accessing appropriate services, appropriate Treatment Services for people in james or in one of those people in james or one of those courts. Part of the disconnect may be the treatment we are relying on to meet the treatment on demand goals might not be the most appropriate place for someone in Behavioral Health court. I know there are some folks going to health right. Can you talk about if the overall picture is better t
Programming and actually providing what we would want to provide, which is real treatment on demand for everybody seeking it in a quick period of time and support for them afterwards. I am hoping some of what will come out of doctor blands work is a map of what would and you suggested maybe it is three or a total of double the step down beds. It doesnt solve Behavioral Health court problem. It is hard for us as policymakers to, you know, work and i assume this is true in the Mayors Office to come up with solutions if we dont have a real assessment of what the gaps are. It is true, i didnt focus specifically on justice involvement in this presentation. We could find out. There are experts that would know better than i. Supervisor mandelman we have that hearing. We will have a lot of conversations about the jail. It does send assessors to the jail. It is difficult even though they are in jail it doesnt mean be they are easy to find or sit down with. A lot of things get in the way of the
Programming and actually providing what we would want to provide, which is real treatment on demand for everybody seeking it in a quick period of time and support for them afterwards. I am hoping some of what will come out of doctor blands work is a map of what would and you suggested maybe it is three or a total of double the step down beds. It doesnt solve Behavioral Health court problem. It is hard for us as policymakers to, you know, work and i assume this is true in the Mayors Office to come up with solutions if we dont have a real assessment of what the gaps are. It is true, i didnt focus specifically on justice involvement in this presentation. We could find out. There are experts that would know better than i. Supervisor mandelman we have that hearing. We will have a lot of conversations about the jail. It does send assessors to the jail. It is difficult even though they are in jail it doesnt mean be they are easy to find or sit down with. A lot of things get in the way of the
Along with public trust. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the judge is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to the oversight hearing on Police Practices. Before we begin, i want to briefly recognize susan jensen whose last day on the committee after 20 mores of service is tomorrow. Susan is highly respected on both sides of the aisle, is one of the preeminent experts on bankruptcy Administrative Law and the federal court system. It is a testament to her knowledge and fairness that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel for both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. First hired by former chair henry hyde for her expertise in bankruptcy law, susan later moved to the democratic staff under former chair and Ranking Member john conners where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair, i also asked susan to serve as the community pa