Massachusetts Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Counselors,Inc.
36 Pleasant Hill Avenue Mattapan, Massachusetts 02126
March 7, 2001
April is Alcohol Awareness Month ~ We
Welcome Kattie Portis
MAADAC
joins MOAR in welcoming Kattie
Portis -City of Boston, Substance Abuse
Policy Advisor to The Mayor, Focus: Joining the City of
Boston to Expand Addiction Recovery Awareness, Wednesday, April 4th,
3:30 PM, Atrium II, Faulkner
Hospital. CEU’s, coffee, cookies,
discounted parking validation, A Faulkner gift!
National News:
NAADAC Annual Conference----Portland, Oregon, May 23rd- 26th-
Don’t miss it!
Features:
CSAT’s Westley Clark, MD~ David Mee-Lee, MD~Stephanie Covington~
Terry
Tafoya, and electrifying
opportunities. Call NAADAC :
!-800-548-0497.
Senator Paul
Wellstone (D-MN) and Congressman Jim Ramstad, (R-MN) were joined today by
Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and a bipartisan group of members in both
chambers, to take important first steps to ending the outdated U.S. drug
policies of the 1990's by introducing
legislation that would offer addiction treatment benefits in
the same manner as all other medical and surgical conditions currently
covered under private health plans. (Join Together Direct- March 25, 2001)
President’s Budget Proposal Sets Aside $2.1B For Anti-Drug Efforts
President Bush
proposes $2.1 billion total for substance-abuse treatment and prevention
services and interdiction in his 2002 budget plan. (SA Funding News March,
2001)
Child Protection/Alcohol & Drug Partnership Act
Four Republican U.S.
senators are planning to reintroduce a bill that would provide five-year grants
to states, counties and cities to would encourage municipalities to adopt
all-inclusive programs for protecting children while parents undergo addiction treatment. Cosponsors: Sens. Michael
DeWine (R-Ohio), Christopher Dodd(D-Conn.), John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), and
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). (JTO
Direct-March 28, 2001)
Measure would Repeal Financial-Aid Ban
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank
(D-Mass.) has introduced a bill that would repeal the 1998 Higher Education Act
provision that prohibits students convicted of drug-related charges from
receiving financial aid. ( SA Funding News- March 13, 2001)
The
Public Health Council meeting is scheduled to deliberate the final CORI
regulations on Tuesday, April 24th, DPH, 250 Washington St.
Boston, 10:00 AM. On
January 19th, over 160 oral and written testimony were given
against the current projected CORI regulation!
The Executive Office of Health and Human Services makes final decision.
The regulation process calls for a Department
of Public Health Council Hearing
review. Pending outcome, two regional
public hearings are scheduled.
hLADC Classification and Requirements –
Capsule Interpretation
LADC I –Masters Behavioral Science- 270 Hours of Alcohol and Drug Ed -
6000
(3 years DPH approved full time work experience), 300 practicum
hours,
LADC II- 270 Hours of Alcohol and Drug
Ed - 6000 hours
(3 years
supervised full time work experience), 300 practicum hours,
LADM- (M=Manager), 20 Hours of approved continuing education, 16,000
hours (8 years
supervised fulltime work experience)*, no practicum
hours,
*Less work experience may be substituted with more education.
LADCA- (A=Assistant)10 Hours of
approved continuing education, 2,000 hours
(1 year supervised fulltime work experience),
no practicum hours
Note: All require exam.
hLADC Special Credentialing (Grandparenting) Criteria-Capsule
The Special Credentialing Process will waive only the exam criteria for
one year, from
date of
the LADC regulation. LADCI must have met the masters degree criteria or
be
enrolled in a masters program. LADC II
requires no degree. DPH approved alcohol
and drug counselor certification is one
way of having met the other required criteria.
FYI about The LADC,
hThe LADC title may only be
used by persons, who will have experienced the
Department of Public Health, authorized
licensure process, and not a work requirement
MAADAC Initiated:
H2191 An Act Authorizing Certain Licensed Alcohol and
Drug Counselors
To Receive Certain Insurance Payments
See Fact Sheet
Please Help:
Ask your
elected rep or senator for H2191
support and it be forwarded to
Insurance Committee Chairs,
Sen. Therese Murray and Rep. Ronald Mariano.
Send letters to The State House, Boston, MA 02133. Call legislators,
617-722-2000.
Other Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Recovery Advocacy for You:
S763/H2544 An Act to
Provide Equitable Coverage for Substance Abuse, Alert!
Insurance Committee Hearing Scheduled, April 2, 11 Am-Room 254, State House Info: David Matteodo, MA Association of Behavioral Health Systems, 617-855-3520.
H3364
A Treatment Diversion Act, expansion eligibility
for treatment diversion under the 1981 Drug Dependent Persons Act. Call:
Rob Stewart, 617-330-8777.
S611 A Health Protection Fund- taxes alcohol, funds treatment- Rep Marian
Walsh
BSAS Line Item 4512-0200 enhancement by $2,000,000 for women’s treatment services. Effort
developed by SA Budget Coalition. Call:
MHSACM, 508-647-8385
Salary Increase for
Counselors and Supervisors, Call: MHSACM, 508-647-8385
Removal of TANF and Food Stamp Disqualification for Persons with Drug
Felony Info:
Call MA Law Reform Institute:
617-357-0700.
See you April 4&May 5 – Recovery
Month Plans - Maryanne Frangules, 617-298-1262