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Maryland health and mental hygiene. Ore Service Agencies Overview CSA Contacts Maryland's Commitment to Veterans Newsletter MHA Motion Archive of Previous Newsletters ValueOptions Maryland Transformation Network Of Care Transition to VALUE OPTIONS Training Frequently Asked Questions Key MHA Contacts DHMH Director’s Greeting Welcome to the Mental Hygiene Administration’s newly designed website. We continue to work toward improving this site to better serve your needs. Your input is welcome. This web site provides a brief overview of new projects and ongoing partnerships and collaborations that continue our journey together in Maryland’s Mental Health Transformation. Guided by the President’s New Freedom Commission’s Recommendations, jointly, we continue to promote recovery and resilience throughout the Public Mental Health System by sustaining a consumer and family-driven care continuum. Working closely with the Department, stakeholders, and other state leadership, we will continue to improve access and the coordination of care, and furthering efforts in the development and implementation of evidence-based practices, we will ensure efficacy and efficiencies in our provision of services. President’s New Freedom Commission’s Recommendations Our Mission The mission of the Mental Hygiene Administration is to create and manage a coordinated, comprehensive, accessible, culturally sensitive, and age appropriate system of publicly funded services and supports for individuals who have psychiatric disorders and, in conjunction with stakeholders, provide treatment and rehabilitation in order to promote resi
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Ent referrals, telephone assistance for mental information, and even transportation of patients to emergency appointments. The network coordinates its work with core service agencies (local health departments), police, emergency medical personnel, and mental health providers. The Director of Mental Hygiene heads the Administration. Certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the Director is appointed by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. With the approval of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Director of Mental Hygiene is empowered to make State grants-in-aid to further community mental health services (Chapter 125, Acts of 1966). The Director supervises programs receiving these grants-in-aid (Code Health - General Article, secs. 10-101 through 10-1203). Local mental health advisory committees also are authorized for each county and Baltimore City (Code Health - General Article, secs. 10-308 through 10-312). MARYLAND ADVISORY COUNCIL ON MENTAL HYGIENE In 1976, the Maryland Advisory Council on Mental Hygiene was created (Chapter 746, Acts of 1976). It advises the Mental Hygiene Administration on the social, economic and medical problems of mental hygiene; and the provision of services to citizens with mental illness. The Council works with the Administration to plan and operate the Public Mental Health System. The Council's eighteen members are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms (Code Health - General Article, secs. 10-301 through 10-305). MENTAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION WORKING GROUP In 2005, the Secretary of Hea