SCC Membership and Participation

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SCC Membership and Participation

• SCC Membership Committee

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What the PH Legislation says (page 4)

• Membership committee to be convened by the Maine
  CDC Director and the SCC Co-Chairs
• Committee has responsibility for 10 appointments
• At least 1 member with expertise in each of the
  10 Essential Public Health Services
• Representation from populations facing health
  disparities
• At least 2 members from the Advisory Council for
  Health Systems Development

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PH Legislation, continued

• Assure diverse representation from
• County, municipal and tribal governments
• City health departments
• Local health officers
• Hospitals, health systems, clinics and community
  health centers
• Emergency management agencies
• Emergency medical services
• Healthy Maine Partnerships
• School districts and institutions of higher
  education
• Physicians and other health care providers
• Voluntary health organizations
• Family planning organizations
• Area agencies on aging
• Mental health services
• Substance abuse services
• Organizations that impact environmental health
• Other community-based organizations

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PH Legislation, continued

• Apart from the appointments of the membership
  committee
• 8 DCC representatives appointed by DCC
• 4 legislative members
• 1 each appointed by the President of the Senate,
  Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House,
  House Minority Leader
• Maine CDC Director
• 1 appointment each by the Commissioners of DHHS,
  DOE, DEP
• 26 total members
• 3 year terms, with staggered terms to start
• Chair and co-chair elected annually by SCC
  membership, with Chair presiding

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Where we are in the process

• Membership Committee Dora Mills, Dennise
  Whitley, Joanne Joy, Julie Sullivan (Mark
  Griswold assisting process)
• Email sent to current members to solicit interest
  in continuing to serve
• 4 legislative appointments will be made after
  passage of the PH legislation

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Members appointed by DCCs

• John Labrie, Aroostook
• Kathy Norwood, Downeast
• Jessica Fogg, Penquis
• Robert Higgins, Central
• Marla Davis, Mid Coast
• Justin Barton-Caplin, Western
• Deborah Deatrick, Cumberland
• Robert Yandow, York

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Other appointments

• Dora Mills, Maine CDC
• David Stockford, Maine DOE
• Ginger Jordan-Hillier, Maine DEP
• Geoff Miller, Maine DHHS, Office of Substance
  Abuse

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Members who have agreed to help fill 10
additional slots (7 of 10 filled)

• Andy Coburn, University of Southern Maine
• Carl Toney, University of New England
• Deborah Erickson-Irons, York Hospital Center for
  Community Health Promotion and Maine Network of
  Health Communities
• Joanne Joy, Healthy Communities of the Capitol
  Area
• Julie Sullivan, City of Portland Public Health
  Division
• Sandra Yarmel, Pleasant Point Health Center
• Shawn Yardley, City of Bangor Health and
  Community Services

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Next steps

• Will ask the current group of 19 individuals to
  clarify their expertise in the 10 Essential
  Public Health Services and other representation
  categories
• Survey Monkey
• Will fill remaining 3 slots to round out
  membership
• Membership will be finalized by the June meeting
• An orientation will be offered to new members
  prior to the June meeting.

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Developing a list of Key Stakeholders

• American Cancer Society, New England Division
• American Diabetes Association, Maine Chapter
• American Heart Association, Maine Chapter
• American Lung Association of New England
• Communities for Children and Youth
• Family Planning Association of Maine
• Health Policy Partners
• Maine Association of Sub. Abuse Providers
• Maine CDC Division of Chronic Disease

• Maine CDC Office of Local Public Health
• Maine Center for Public Health
• Maine Health Access Foundation
• Maine Hospital Association
• Maine Medical Association
• Maine Municipal Association
• Maine Network of Healthy Communities
• Maine Osteopathic Association
• Maine Primary Care Association
• Maine Public Health Association
• Medical Care Development
• Sagadahoc Board of Health