Commonwealth of Massachusetts 	
     Health Disparities Council 

Senator 
Susan fargo
Co-Chair
♦
State House 
Room 504
(617) 722-1572 

Representative 
Byron Rushing
Co-Chair 
♦
State House 
Room 121
(617) 722-2006 

(617) 722-1673 

		

Health Disparities Council
Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 5, 2009

Council Members Present: Representative Byron Rushing, Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, Georgia Simpson May, Amaru Sanchez representing Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez, Dr. Dunlap representing Alice Coombs, Dr. Lauren Smith, Pam Jones representing Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Megan Renfrew representing Dr. Betancourt, Helen Luce representing Dr. Dana Safran, Marc Hymovitz, Hank Porten, Sherry Dong, Kim Henry representing Quentin Palfrey, Paul Mendis, Anne Levine, Staffer representing Sen. Montigny, Sarah Gordon representing Dr. Mary Lou Buyse, Dr. Paul Mendis, and Hank Porten.

1.	Approve last month’s minutes 

Rep. Rushing called for the approval of the minutes from the June meeting. No objection was voiced and the minutes were approved.    

2.	Framework Group Update

The Council received an update from Yashira Pepin, who let them know the finalized framework was released and added to the HDC website.

3.	Report Card Group Update

The Council received an update from Joel Weissman who walked the members through the production plan for the Report Card group.

4.	Interpreter Services Group Update

The Council received an update from Georgia Simpson May who discussed the impetus for forming this group as well as its mission, possible end product and role of the Council in fulfilling these things. 

5.	Blueprint for Addressing Disparities 

The Council heard a presentation from Secretary JudyAnn Bigby the Executive Office of Health and Human Services’ Office of Health Equity’s blueprint for address health disparities. 

6.	Future Meetings

Rep. Rushing announced the next HDC meeting would be October 26, 2009 from 2 to 4 PM. 

7.	Announcements

There were no announcements

Meeting Adjourned at noon