Healthcare District moves forward on mental health collaboration [Del Norte Triplicate]

Karen Clemmer 4/15/197:52 PM

DNHCD passes resolution on community benefits bill

A five-member mental health working group of local healthcare representatives, including the Sutter Coast Hospital CEO and an elected official with the Del Norte Healthcare District, have concluded that the community needs a psychiatrist.

But where that person would work and how they would be paid has yet to be determined.

In a report to her colleagues on Tuesday, Healthcare District Director Elizabeth Austen said the mental health working group, consisting of Hilda Ypres Contreras, of Open Door Clinic, Ellie Popadic and Mitch Hanna of Sutter Coast Hospital, and Heather Snow, director of the county Department of Health and Human Services, determined the community needs a psychiatrist that would accept all insurances, not just MediCal.

To read the full article written by Jessica Cejnar, click HERE

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