Montana State Legislature
Transition Review Committee
House Bill 29 established the Transition Review Commission to monitor the development of community-based services for individuals who have been or are at risk of being involuntarily committed to the Montana state hospital and who have a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia, or traumatic brain injury.
This webpage is the official repository of commission information, including presentation aids, documents, meeting minutes, and exhibits.
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Meeting information
The commission meets quarterly. Commission meetings are open to the public.
All meetings are streamed and archived under the "Watch & Listen" tab of the legmt.gov site.
Date: July 15, 2024
Time: TBD
Location: Capitol room 102 & Zoom
FUTURE MEETING DATES
July 15, 2024
September 13, 2024
December 13, 2024
June 13, 2025
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Committee members are appointed in accordance with HB 29 section 6, subsection (2).
- Rep. Jennifer Carlson (chair)
- Sen. Christopher Pope (vice chair)
- Sen. Dennis Lenz
- Rep. Mary Caferro
- Heather O’Hara – Vice President, Montana Hospital Association (representative of a statewide association whose primary purpose is representing skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities)
- Mike Lahr – Attorney, Disability Rights Montana (representative of the state protection and advocacy system for individuals with mental illness authorized under 42 U.S.C. 10803)
- Melanie Williams – Program Director, Montana Alzheimer’s Association (representative of a statewide association whose primary purpose is representing individuals with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia;)
- Ann Geiger – Executive Director, Liberty Place (representative of a statewide association whose primary purpose is representing individuals with traumatic brain injury)
- Dr. Reza Ghomi – Co-Founder, Frontier Psychiatry (physician with experience in geriatric psychiatry)
- Sara Hansen-Baiamonte – family member or guardian of an individual who is or has, within the previous 5 years, been committed to the Montana state hospital
- Mike Randol – Medicaid and Health Services Executive Director (representative of the department of public health and human services)
STAFF
- Milly Allen, Research Analyst
- Jolanda Songer, Secretary
PAST MEETING MATERIALS
Agenda (Updated 3/8/2024)
1. Department Updates and Reports
2. Best Practices for Treatment and Care of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Leading Practices on Behavioral Health and Brain Injury
- Montana Injury Prevention Annual Report 2020
- What Providers Need to Know about Behavioral Health and Brain Injury
- NASHIA Resource List
- ACL: TBI State Partnership Grant Program
- ACL: Behavioral Health Guide - Best Practices
3. Statutory Review: Extension and Discharge from Involuntary Civil Commitment
4. Meeting Minutes
5. Public Comment
Final Agenda (as of January 16, 2024)
Department Updates and Reports
State Issues and Solutions in Long-Term Care
Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Facility Update
Civil Commitment Issues
Work Session
Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Minutes
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