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decisions, something she admits she can be guilty of. “Right now, everybody in the office is using their downtime to scan 75,000 property records,” she said. “Tere’s always some- thing we have to do, but the question will be what comes next. “When we finish these records in two years, we’ll have the en- tire assessor’s office digitized. Ten what?”


As the only assessor in attendance (and the second overall since CLI began in 2004) and the only attendee from the middle South, Summerville relished the diversity that she values in her office, but got to see it in a different way “I got to work with so many different individuals from so


many parts of the United States,” she said. “To have that oppor- tunity in a time where we are all focusing on being better leaders was important.” She left D.C. knowing the boot camp was well worth it. “Tere are a lot of leadership programs out there, but one that was focused the way this one was made it valuable,” she said. “It’s important for county governments to keep up, and it felt we all found ways we could improve and be better leaders and empower the people we work with.”


NACo urges Senate passage of Mental Health Reform Act By Brian Bowden, Austin Igleheart On Tursday, Sept. 1, 2016, NACo sent a letter to Senate


Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Lead- er Harry Reid (D-Nev.), urging them to bring up the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (S. 2680) for consideration in the Senate and to support its final passage. Te Senate Health, Edu- cation, Labor and Pensions Committee voted unanimously to advance S. 2680 in April of 2016. Notably for counties, the bill maintains funding for the Sub-


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stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAM- HSA) Community and Mental Health Services (CMHS) and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) block grants, which make it possible for county behavioral health authorities and community providers to provide for those in most need. Tis measure would also strengthen SAMHSA’s ability to coordinate policy across HHS and other executive branch agencies that im- pact county programs. S. 2680 also authorizes a number of critically important initia-


tives including Grants for Jail Diversion, Grants for Treatment and Recovery for Homeless Individuals, Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration (PBCHI) Grants, and the HRSA-SAMHSA Mental and Behavioral Health Training Program. Te legislation would also clarify the Health Insurance Portability and Account- ability Act (HIPAA) for providers, patients and their families, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act to help increase access to mental health care. Nationally, counties invest $83 billion annually in community health systems, including behavioral health services. Trough 750 health authorities and community providers, county govern- ments plan and operate community-based services for persons with mental illness and substance use conditions. Counties also are the entry point to the criminal justice system, where it is es- timated that 64 percent of those housed in local jails display a pattern of symptoms indicative of a mental health condition. NACo will continue to advocate for federal policies that will assist counties in ensuring the public health and safety of their communities, and will continue to urge our leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives to pass strong, bipartisan legisla- tion to address our nation’s behavioral health crisis.


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