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Public Meeting Notice  Board of Certification of Community Health Workers meeting — March 12, 2024

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.
Posted: February 29, 2024 10:55 a.m.

Overview   of Board of Certification of Community Health Workers meeting — March 12, 2024

The general session is open to the public by Webex or telephone.

General Session is open to the public and will be held via Webex at: 

https://eohhs.webex.com/eohhs/j.php?MTID=m9b4f28d7a47da2505ca3ceecec8e38af

Call-In Telephone number: 617-315-0704

Meeting Number/Access Code: 2531 401 8891

Meeting Password: Rb2eMddk8S3

ADA compliance notice: If you need reasonable accommodations in order to participate in the meeting, contact the DPH ADA Coordinator, phone: (857) 262-7431 in advance of the meeting. While the Board will do its best to accommodate you, certain accommodations may require distinctive requests or the hiring of outside contractors and may not be available if requested immediately before the meeting.

Agenda

This agenda constitutes notice of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Certification of Community Health Workers in compliance with the open meeting law, M.G.L. c. 30A, § 20.

All votes must be via roll call

Time

 

Item #

Item

Staff Contact

12:30p.m.

 

I

Call to Order & Introductions

Determination of Quorum

Notice of Electronic Recording

Board Chair

     5   minutes

 

 

II

Approval of Agenda

Board Chair

    5

minutes

 

III

Approval of Minutes

  1. Approval of August 8, 2023, General Session Minutes

Board Chair

   10 minutes

 

IV

Policies

  1. Standard Consent Agreement Terms
  2. Prosecutorial Discretion

Chief

Prosecutor

   15

minutes

 

V

Guest Speaker

  1. Dr. Jamie Musler, Director, Arnold S. Goldstein Simulation Labs, Bouve College, Northeastern University: Innovations in Community Health Worker Assessment and Feedback.

Executive Director

 

   15

minutes

 

VI

Continuing Education Application

  1. The Bridge Training Institute a Program of Open Sky Community Services: “Understanding and Treating the Complex of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury-3CEUs;Intertwined  Issues-Housing Issues & Substance Use-3CEUs- Intertwined Issues-Substance Use and Psychosis 3CEUs; Understanding, Managing, and Treating Suicidal Behavior-3CEUs; Treating Eating Disorders: Integrating Psychotherapy and Nutrition-6CEUs; Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: Spirit & Skills 6CEUs; Using Motivational  Interviewing with Teens-6CEUs;  Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Supervision-6CEUs; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety-6 CEUs; Hoarding Interventions-6CEUs; An Overview of the Cultural Humility Framework; Intertwined Issues Series-Trauma & Substance Use-3CEUs”.
  2. Point32 Health: “Vaccine Hesitancy”-1hr-CEU
  3. Adcare: Supporting Parents and Caregivers in Pediatrics: Family Engagement and Positive Solutions for Supporting Families -4 hrs-CEU
  4. Massachusetts League of Community Health Workers: Substance Use Training-6hrs-CEU

Board

1

minute

 

 

VII

 

 

Triage: N/A

Staff Assignment(s): N/A

Complaints: N/A

 

 

 

 

 

VIII

Flex Session

  1. Who will attend the next board meeting?
  2. Ongoing Discussion: Licensure by Reciprocity; Licensure specialization or Tiered Licensure to enhance professional standards, opportunities for growth and future earnings.

 

 

 

IX

Executive Session (Roll call vote)

The Board will meet in Executive Session as authorized pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, § 21(a)(1) for the purpose of discussing the reputation, character, physical condition or mental health, rather than professional competence, of an individual, or to discuss the discipline or dismissal of, or complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual. 

  1. Specifically, the board will meet in executive session to approve prior executive minutes, and 2 good moral character matters

The Board will not reconvene in open session subsequent to the closed session.

 

 

 

X

Adjournment: Next meeting scheduled for

May 7, 2024.

Board Chair

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