The Coalition of Alcohol and Drug Associations (CADA) 2009 Public Policy Conference was a great success.  The focus of the conference included prison reform, along with the need for treatment for inmates released into the community, and ADP’s proposal for licensing and certification that is currently in the Legislature.

Confirmed speakers included Renée Zito, Director, California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, and Elaine Bush, Chief Deputy Director, office of the Federal Receiver for the California Prison Health Care Services.

Zito, who has focused on a comprehensive licensing and certification plan will discuss the details of the plan as it is laid out in SB 707 by Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord)

Bush was appointed Chief Deputy Director to the Receiver for the California Prison Health Care Services with the charge to keep the Receiver’s “Turnaround Plan” on schedule and within scope to reduce medical care expenses without sacrificing patient care.  Bush previously served as the Deputy Director for the Department of Mental Health and interim Director of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. 

 

Key Issues in 2008
1. State Budget FY 2009/10
         AOD Funding
        Correction and Rehabilitation
3. Health Care Reform
4. Re-Entry Programs
5. AOD Funding/Realignment