Medicaid IMDs: A Barrier to Mental Health Treatment
Meeting for the week of November 30 - December 06, 2020
This Meeting at a Glance:
Program: Medicaid IMDs: A Barrier to Mental Health Treatment
Speaker: Michael Gray
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Welcome to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley!
Here’s a message from Cecelia - Vice President
Cecelia
Guests, we are happy to have you join us this week!
As we see it, our flexibility as an online, asynchronous club allows a special type of service to Rotarians around the world: we make it easier for anyone to strive for and maintain 100% attendance. That keeps you engaged with Rotary's events and ideas, and provides a moment of inspiration for devoting your creativity, talents, and resources to good causes.
You are certainly not required to pay anything in order to attend our meetings. However, if you would like to make a small contribution to our service efforts, you are welcome to do so in our secure Happy Dollars section down the page. This could be what you normally pay at your own club's meetings for lunch, for example. Any amount is welcome, but first and foremost, we're happy you've joined us, and hope you will share with others who we are and what we do to help inspire Service Above Self.
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The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say or do
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Weekly Funny with Shags.
We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin !
This One's for Rory!
Two judges were stumbling home from their local pub, arms around each other, loudly singing Kenny Rodgers. "Hey," said one, "I think we're drunk." "You are right, and according to the law I will have to charge you with being drunk and disorderly," said his mate. "And you will have to appear before me at 10AM tomorrow," said the first. Next morning in court, the first pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $10. They then switched places. "Drunk and disorderly, eh? You are fined $20." "Hey," protested the first, "When I was in was in chair I only fined you $10!" "Yes," said the second judge, "But the offence is becoming too common. You are the second drunk to appear before the court this morning."
Weekly Inspiration
Every week we start our meetings with a short video highlighting innovation, inspiration, entrepreneurship, or social change.
This Surgeon Has Restored Sight to 130,000 Blind People is the title of this Great Big Story video about a doctor in Nepal, and how he has made an incredible difference in the lives of so many. When we look at the reality of haves and have-nots, we see that this covers much more than money - it covers being able to see, or even to live. Thanks to Cal Mann for sharing this gem!
Coffee With a Rotarian
Every 4 weeks, each member of our club is matched with another member for one-on-one conversations!
Here are the current matches!
Enri Strobel and Angelica Marotta
Cecelia Babkirk and Kelly Ku
Carlos Gabuardi and Steven -Shags- Shagrin
Tzviatko Chiderov and Ferheen Abbasi
Mark Dohn and Imad Ghoummid
Susan Howell and Keith Marsh
Nathan Gildart and Brett Sham
Nick LaGarde and Catherine
Alexandra Heller and Rory R. Olsen
Gabi Lopez and Cal Mann
Richard Knaggs and Tanya Martin
Caleb LaPlante and Armand Kambou
Sandy Stabile and Suzanne Van Stralen
Tatiana LaGarde and Maxi Bustos
Manou Shamsrizi and Emily Paver
Sarah Tuberty and Hardeep Kaur Singh
Mahmood Khan and Rushton Hurley
May Yam and Felix Pretscheck
Mark Busani and Nan Herron, MD
Roger Plested and Manuj Mittal
Jens Wiechers and Olu
Weren’t matched? 😔
Join the #coffee-with-a-rotarian channel in our club’s Slack workspace to participate in the next round!
World of Rotary
Every week we will focus on a particular story that tells of our organization and the work of Rotarians in the world.
Since the program began in 2002, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,300 fellows who now work in more than 115 countries. Many serve as leaders in governments, NGOs, the military, education, law enforcement, and international organizations like the United Nations and the World Bank.
Through a Rotarian's Lens
Sometimes a photo can capture an amazing moment. In this section Member Keith Marsh shares his incredible photography!
If you'd like to submit a photo for this section please contact Keith.
In 2012, The Rotarian Magazine published this photo story of one of my former club's Community Service projects. It reports my feelings about taking photos of Rotarians in action rather than "after the fact" group shots. I presented the photo in Black and White to increase the impact.
Learn Something New
This section is curated by members Shags Shagrin and aims to teach our members and guests something new, fun and useful! If you have any ideas on a fun trick or skill you'd like to share please contact Shags.
More Hot Air Fryer Jingles!
Following up from two weeks ago, here's more Air Fryer Guy and his funny songs with more interesting creations! Thanks again, Ferheen!
Service Report
Tell us about service you’ve done recently in your community.
Click here to fill out The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley Service Survey
On the first meeting of every month, we feature service reports from club members for the previous month. Thanks for your service everyone!
Week of Nov 29th - Donate a gently used coat to your local homeless shelter
South Bay:
Bill Wilson Center - Santa Clara
3490 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA 95050
1671 The Alameda #201, San Jose, CA 95126
https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/
HomeFirst Services - Santa Clara County
https://www.homefirstscc.org/
Sonoma County: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CDC/Homeless-Services/Emergency-Shelters/
Encourage friends and family through social media to donate a coat.
If you don’t have a coat to donate, consider going to a local second-hand store and buying one to donate.
Don’t forget to take a selfie or a screenshot and post it to the #52-ways-to-be-a-more-engaged-rotarian channel!
https://app.slack.com/client/TNH7VRC0M/C01CQ53AE95
Thank you to the following Rotarians for posting about last week's challenge:
-Ferheen Abbasi
-Rushton Hurley
-Sandy Stabile
-Armand Kambou
Here is what Rushton donated to the Salaam Food Pantry:
Here is what Ferheen donated to the Salaam Food Pantry:
Here is a picture of Armand and Ferheen. Ferheen went to pick up the two full bags of groceries Armand donated and dropped them off to the Salaam Food Pantry!
Here is what Sandy did:
On Monday when I was grocery shopping there was an opportunity to donate money to the food bank in the county I live in. This made it easy to check off this weeks engagement goal.
And finally, here is a bonus picture of Ferheen and Sandy dropping off the Thanksgiving Cards they made to the Fremont Hills Senior Assisted Living Center!
Club Announcements
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Service Project Information
Club members, if you are participating or have previously participated in a service project as part of our club, could you please complete the following form:
https://forms.gle/jxfpHHiKBv7P5YXy5
New Members Introduction
Cal Mann
Our Events & Projects
We hold our meetings online, but we do regular service projects and social events in the Silicon Valley! This section is updated every week with our upcoming events. We welcome guests to all of the events and service projects listed here.
Past Events:
Upcoming Events:
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District 5170 Events
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More events coming soon! All events are open to guests, unless otherwise mentioned. Feel free to join us! If you ever have questions, please email inquiries@siliconvalleyrotary.com
Happy Dollars: Do Good by Sharing Something Good
Each week we ask our members to share stories with the club and toss in a few dollars to support our efforts. The primary goal of this section is to provide a fun way of getting to know each fellow members and guests, while giving back to a good cause.
Happy dollars is an opportunity to share something positive that has happened in your life whether it is personal or business. Think of it as your opportunity to brag a little, but also put a little bit into a karma jar. The money donated through happy dollars is put to charitable use, and the message that you leave for happy dollars will be posted in our online meeting the following week for the entire week for folks to see! (Pending that it’s appropriate!)
Here are the happy dollars contributions from last week!
This section is usually updated on the early hours of Saturday, so contributions made over the weekend may not be listed here.
Rory Olsen made a $20 donation.
Got a new F-150. Weather is great. All is well.
Selected Comments
Every week at the bottom of our meetings, there is a comments section for members and guests to tell us what they enjoyed about the meeting or to ask questions to the speaker. We select a few comments every week from last week’s meeting to be featured during this week’s meeting.
Here are the comments selected from last week’s meeting.
Maxi Bustos said:
Thank you Cecelia for your presentation and for all your hard work in the Soda project! I am so excited that our club is doing its first Global Grant.
Welcome to our club Armand!
Keith, thank you for sharing this photograph and for all your contributions to TRF!
Tanya Martin said:
I've always had so much respect for Cecelia since doing a Coffee Date with her 2 years ago. She has always spoken so excitedly about Ethiopia. The country definitely needs more people like her helping her people.
Suzanne Van Stralen said:
What an informative and exciting presentation about a global grant! I want to appreciate and acknowledge your service and commitment Cecilia. Your lived experience is evident in the details of your presentation.
Be sure to leave a comment at the end of this week’s meeting after you watch the program below, and perhaps you’ll see your comment featured next week!
Program: Medicaid IMDs: A Barrier to Mental Health Treatment
Speaker: Michael Gray
Every week we bring to you a new program on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, and how those contribute to service to others.
The Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley seeks to explore perspectives on service from across the world. The views of the speakers in our programs are their own, and unless stated otherwise, are not necessarily reflective of the views of our eClub nor Rotary International.
If you have an idea for a cool speaker, please feel free to reach out to them directly or submit THIS FORM so our Program Committee can contact them!
Many people with severe mental illness cannot get medical treatment when they need it the most. One of the main reasons for that lack of access to care is an antiquated and disastrous part of Medicaid law called the Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion. Under the IMD Exclusion, Medicaid will not pay for treatment in facilities with more than sixteen inpatient beds, and this rule prevents hospitals from offering psychiatric services to meet the need in their communities. However, the federal government now allows states to apply for a waiver to end the IMD Exclusion. California should apply for the waiver and allow its hospitals to offer inpatient psychiatric services to people with severe mental illness, but your state will not seek the waiver without an advocacy effort to convince the state government of both the humanity and logic behind doing so.
Michael Gray is legislative and policy counsel at the Treatment Advocacy Center. He works in multiple states towards better civil commitment laws and access to mental health care for people with the most severe cases of mental illness through Medicaid policy changes.
Prior to coming to the Treatment Advocacy Center, Michael was the executive director of NAMI Louisville from 2013 until 2015, when he began lobbying the Kentucky legislature full-time for stronger and more effective mental health laws. In 2017, he represented NAMI Kentucky and other groups that passed Tim’s Law, Kentucky’s assisted outpatient treatment statute.
Michael received his juris doctor, master in urban planning and bachelor’s degrees in history and philosophy from the University of Louisville.
Members and guests, please welcome Michael Gray!
Learn more at:
Homepage of the Treatment Advocacy Center: www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org
Upcoming Program Recording Schedule
All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.
Our online video conference room link for these recordings is always http://zoom.siliconvalleyrotary.com/. You are welcome to join us! Please note the timezone listed for all recordings is US Pacific Time (San Francisco, California, USA).
If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.
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