Inter-Office Coordinating Council Meets April 1 in Albany

ALBANY, NY (03/29/2010)(readMedia)-- The state Department of Mental Hygiene Inter-Office Coordinating Council (IOCC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, April 1. The IOCC includes the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).

WHEN: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Thursday, April 1, 2010.

WHERE: Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), 1450 Western Avenue–4th Floor Conference Room, Albany

WHO: OASAS Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo; OMH Commissioner Michael F. Hogan, and OMRDD Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter.

AGENDA: Meeting will include welcome remarks by IOCC Commissioners; Director of Community Service Appointments; update from the Mental Hygiene Planning Committee, and Program Committee; discussion items to include: Interagency Autism Taskforce Recommendations, Drug Law Reform, and Inter-office Repeal of 14 NYCRR Vol. A: Status Update.

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