Penn State Drug Abuse Conference Teaches Pennsylvania Teens to Be Leaders
Jim Sharp
CPSL Background Fees Reduced or Waived
Governor Tom Wolf has announced that fees for child abuse clearances and criminal background checks required by the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) will be waived for volunteers working with children. Beginning July 1, volunteers are required to obtain background checks, including the Child Abuse History Clearance, issued by the Department of Human Services (DHS); and the Criminal History Record Check, issued by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP).
Additionally, DHS and the PSP will be reducing the cost of both the child abuse and criminal history record checks from $10 to $8 for all other applicants. Individuals seeking employment for work with children, and others required under the law, will still be assessed fees for the clearances, but at a reduced cost of $8 each. FBI clearances are also required for all employees and volunteers who have not been continuous residents of the commonwealth for the last ten years, but because these are administered by the federal government, current costs will continue to apply. These changes will take effect July 25.
More information about clearances required under the CPSL can be found here. Individuals seeking clearances can create an individual account and apply online.
Children’s Committee Meeting Materials Now Available
The presentation materials, handouts, and a recording of the June 9 meeting of the RCPA Children’s Committee are now available:
When Children With Autism Grow Old
Collaborative Care Summit Presentation Materials
RCPA was pleased to have played a role in Pennsylvania’s Collaborative Care Summit. This joint effort was sponsored by the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Health, Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Leadership Council, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association, PH/BH Learning Community, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. The information presented focused on the importance of strengthening the link between meeting individuals’ physical and behavioral health care needs, and the collaboration between medical and behavioral health professionals. The presentation materials from the summit are now available to practitioners, providers, health system and health insurance leaders, and policymakers across Pennsylvania.
- Collaborative Care Summit Keynote: Integrate or Not
- Complex Physical and Behavioral Health Conditions
- Collaborative Health Care for High-Risk, High-Cost “Superutilizers”
- Enhanced Care Program – A Model for Complex Care Management
- Lehigh Valley Super Utilizer Partnership
- Data Collection in the Collaborative Care Setting
Payers and Providers Build an HIE – A Major Metro-Region Experiment - Foundational Skills of Collaboration
- Behavioral Health: Linchpin of Population Health
- Foundational Skills for Collaborative Care
- Payment Methodologies
- Substance Use Training
- Behavioral Health Homes: Integrating Care in Maryland
- REACH Health Services Health Home
- Successful Models of Collaboration
- Collaborative Care and the Triple Aim: Under the Hood
- Hamilton Health Center’s Integrated Behavioral Health Model
- Models for Psychiatrists in Integrated Health Care
- Telemedicine in the Collaborative Care Setting
Telemedicine in Physical and Behavioral Health - Value of Cross Training
- The Value of Cross Training in the Collaborative Care Setting
- Six Levels of Integration by Domain
- Making Good Referrals
- Behavioral Health Integration Readiness Assessment
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