Inter-Office Coordinating Council Meets October 28 In Albany

ALBANY, NY (10/20/2008)(readMedia)-- The state Department of Mental Hygiene Inter-Office Coordinating Council (IOCC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. 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 a.m. - 3:00 pm, Tuesday, October 28, 2008.

WHERE: 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, New York - Eighth Floor Conference Room

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, action on routine consent items, reports from the Mental Hygiene Planning and Program Committee, and a discussion of collaborative initiatives for services to Multiply Disabled Persons described in each agency's 2008-2012 Comprehensive Plan.

The IOCC meeting will be available through webcast at: http://www.oasas.state.ny.us/webcasts/index.cfm

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