On Monday, December 20, Governor McDonnell issued Executive Order 56 establishing a multidisciplinary task force to review school and campus safety in light of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The Governor also established a separate mental health workgroup chaired by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Secretary of Health and Human Resources Dr. Bill Hazel. The Mental Health Workgroup is tasked with evaluating Virginia's mental health system to recommend improvements for identification, intervention, and treatment of behavioral and mental disabilities with a focus on ways to prevent acts of violence.
Roster of Mental Health Workgroup Members
January 14, 2013
Meeting of the Governor’s Taskforce on School and Campus Safety
1 p.m., Patrick Henry Building, Richmond
Mental Health Workgroup Material
- Presentation, Jim Stewart, DBHDS Commissioner – The Mental Health Perspective
- Speech, Jim Stewart, DBHDS Commissioner – The Mental Health Perspective
- Chart – Recent Mass Shootings
- Handout – Characteristics of Mass Shooter
- Handout , a Toolkit from the Nat’l Assn of State Mental Health Program Directors – The Literature on Mental Illness and Violence
- Handout – The Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
- News Story – NY Times: Misguided focus on mental illness in gun control debate
- News Story – Washington Post: Predicting violence is a work in progress
- Minutes for the full taskforce meeting can be found here.
January 17, 2013
Meeting of the Mental Health Workgroup
2 p.m., Patrick Henry Building, Richmond
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Review, "The Mental Health Perspective"
- Presentation, Jim Stewart, DBHDS Commissioner – The Mental Health Perspective
- Speech, Jim Stewart, DBHDS Commissioner – The Mental Health Perspective
- Chart – Recent Mass Shootings
- Handout – Characteristics of Mass Shooter
- Handout , a Toolkit from the Nat’l Assn of State Mental Health Program Directors – The Literature on Mental Illness and Violence
- Handout – The Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
- News Story – NY Times: Misguided focus on mental illness in gun control debate
- News Story – Washington Post: Predicting violence is a work in progress
- Presentation, Allyson Tysinger, Senior Assistant Attorney General/Chief, Office of the Attorney General – Mental Health Law Reforms, 2008 – 2012
- Handout – Initial Ideas for Improving Mental Health Services for MH Workgroup Consideration
- Handout – Loudoun County School-Based Probation
- Handout – Comments on Violence and Mental Illness
January 24, 2013
Meeting of the Mental Health Workgroup
2 p.m. – Patrick Henry Building, Richmond
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Presentation, Agent Andre Simons, FBI – Behavioral Threat Assessment Center
- Presentation, Dr. Joel Silverman, VCU – Improving Mental Health Services in Virginia
- Handout – Proposals for the Governor’s School and Campus Safety Task Force Mental Health Workgroup
- Handout – Definition of the TIP Model
- Handout – Key Mental Health Issues Identified by Virginia’s Emergency Physicians
- Handout – Online Resources
February 21, 2013
Meeting of the Mental Health Workgroup
1 p.m. – Patrick Henry Building, Richmond
- Meeting Agenda
- Meeting Minutes
- Handout – Mental Health Workgroup Recommendations
- Handout – Education Workgroup Recommendations
- Handout – Public Safety Workgroup Recommendations
- Handout – Briefing on the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines
- Handout – Public Comment
March 28, 2013
Meeting of the Mental Health Workgroup
1 p.m. – Patrick Henry Building, Richmond
- December 17, 2012 - Governor McDonnell Announces School Safety Task Force and Initiatives
- January 9, 2013 - Governor Announces Membership of School Safety Task Force
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