Opportunities and Intersections:
Health Reform, The Excellence Act, and Criminal Justice Reform

Welcome
Welcome and Introduction
Julia Lear, Chairperson, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services
Nancy Barrand, Special Adviser for Program Development, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A New Landscape for Public Health and Public Safety
Introduction
Michael DuBose, CEO, COCHS
Speaker
Bonita Veysey, Associate Professor, The School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers
Keynote
Introduction
Nancy Barrand
Speaker
Laurie Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
The Criminal Justice System and Medicaid
Introduction
Steven Rosenberg
Speaker
Steve Somers, President and CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Presenter
Allison Hamblin, Director, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Question & Answer Session
Discussants
Steve Somers, President and CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Allison Hamblin, Director, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
David Mancuso, Senior Research Manager, Department of Social and Health Services, Washington State
Joan Erney, Chief Business Development and Public Policy Officer, Community Care
Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
Health Reform's Impact on the Nation’s Jails
Moderator
Mady Chalk, Director, Center for Policy Research and Analysis Treatment Research Institute
Presenter
Pam Rodriguez, President, TASC
Question and Answer Session
Discussants
Mady Chalk, Director, Center for Policy Research and Analysis Treatment Research Institute
Pam Rodriguez, President, TASC
Malvise Scott, Senior Vice President, National Association of Community Health Centers
Paul Samuels, Director and President, Legal Action Center
Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care
The Path Ahead
Moderator
Steven Rosenberg, President, COCHS
Discussants
MaryAnne Lindeblad, Assistant Secretary, Aging and Disabilities Services Administration, Department of Social and Health Services
Flo Stein, Chief, Community Policy Management Section Division of MH/DD/SAS
Judge William Dressel, President, National Judicial College