Hearing on “Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014)

Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman to Democratic Members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, as prepared for delivery.

Preliminary Transcript

Witnesses

Lisa Ashley
Parent of a son with serious mental illness
Sacramento, CA
Testimony

Jeffrey L. Geller, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Public Sector Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Testimony

Jon Mark Hirshon, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., FACEP
Task Force Chair, 2014 American College of Emergency Physicians National Report Card on Emergency Care
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Testimony

Michael C. Biasotti
Chief of Police and Immediate Past President of New York State Association of Chiefs of Police
Parent of a daughter with serious mental illness
New Windsor, NY
Testimony

Thomas J. Dart
Sheriff, Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Chicago, IL
Testimony

Steve Leifman
Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court
Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, FL
Testimony

Gunther Stern
Executive Director, Georgetown Ministry Center
Washington, D.C.
Testimony

Hakeem Rahim, Ed.M., M.A.
Speaker and mental health educator and advocate
Hempstead, NY
Testimony

LaMarr D. Edgerson, Psy.D., LMFT, NBCCH
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Director at Large, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Family Harmony
Albuquerque, NM
Testimony

Arthur C. Evans Jr., Ph.D.
Commissioner, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services and University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Testimony

Webcast

Key Documents: 

Memorandum from Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” (March 25, 2014).

Statement of Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Preliminary Transcript, Hearing on “Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Lisa Ashley, Parent, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Jeffrey L. Geller, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Michael Biasotti, New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Thomas Dart, Cook County, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of LaMarr D. Edgerson, AMHCA, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Arthur C. Evans, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Jon Mark Hirshon, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Gunther Stern, Georgetown Ministry Center, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Judge Steve Leifman, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).

Testimony of Hakeem Rahim, Mental Health Advocate, Hearing on "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage,” Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (March 26, 2014).