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December 13, 1999 - AGENDA
Westside Conference Center Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida      Tampa, Florida

The first public meeting of the Commission was at the Wstside Conference Center. The meeting ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To facilitate public access, the meeting was videotaped. These videotaped portions are being provided over the Internet to interested parties through the use of webcasts. Also available are links to the supporting documents given to the Commission by those persons giving public testimony.

To view the webcasts, you will need to have a media plug-in, MediaPlayer, loaded on your computer. If you are coming in over a modem line, you need to use the link labeled 56 kb. If you do not have Microsoft MediaPlayer on your machine, you may download the plug-in from their site.

  List of Presenters
9:00-9:15amCall to order, roll call, and approval of minutesDavid Shern, Chair
9:15-9:45amFacilitated group discussion on Commission objectives   Webcast 56kbEric Eisenberg, Professor of Communications, USF
10:45-11:00amBREAK 
11:00-11:20amMental health, substance abuse, and the legal system: 56kbJohn Petrila, Chair
Department of Mental Health and Policy, the de la Parte Institute
11:20-12:30pmFocused testimony on mental health, substance abuse, and the legal system    56kbInvited Presenters
12:30-1:30pmBusiness Meeting
--Personnel committee
--Future meeting dates
--Status of Advisory Committee
 
1:30-4:30pmPublic Testimony
Section 1 (1 hour, 12 minutes)
56kb    List of Presenters

Section 2 (54:36)
56kb   List of Presenters

Section 3: Consumer Issues (:)
56kb    List of Presenters

Moderated by David Shern, Chair
4:30-5:00pmWrap-up 

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