Bylaws of the BHPAC A refresher 2015

Legal Basis BHPAC authorized by Federal Statute 42USC Pgf. 300x -3 Administered by Colorado Department of Human Services CDHS Members appointed by Commissioner of Behavioral Health Guided by bylaws 2015

BHPAC Bylaws Headlines Name, Purpose and Powers “provide procedures and policies for advising, advancing, and sustaining behavioral health throughout the State of Colorado” – Develop ideas – Write and amend strategic plans – Advise State concerning BH services – Monitor, review, evaluate allocation and adequacy of services – Advocate concerning BH legislation and regulations 2015

BHPAC Bylaws Headlines Membership – Qualification, representation – Appointment Meetings – Notice, Quorum, Open Meetings – Voting rules on Alternates; Abstention – Rules of Order Amendment of Bylaws Officers – Co-Chairs: Duties, Removal, Vacancy – Executive Committee (between council meetings) – Steering Committee 2015

BHPAC Bylaws Headlines Committees – Standing committees: Membership, Standards – Prevention, Treatment, Recovery, Legislative, Data “Any actionable items after being vetted by the Steering Committee will be brought forward as recommendations to the full BHPAC for formal approval” Agenda and recommended action to Council – By Steering Committee, Co-Chairs and director of OBH 2015

Council Workflow 1.Council establishes Priorities 2.Committees work on selected priorities 3.Committee work gets sent to steering committee and reviewed 4.Steering Committee, Co-Chairs and director of OBH establish agenda and recommendations to Council 5.Council acts on agenda and recommendations, approves/disapproves 2015

Council Workflow 6.Council results are transmitted to OBH 7.OBH decides what to move forward with 8.OBH publishes to public and invites comments 9.OBH acts and collects feedback on actions 10. Feedback comes back to council 11. Cycle continues with