county of los angeles - Department of Public Health
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II. Approval <strong>of</strong><br />
Discussion Notes /<br />
Announcements<br />
II. Announcements<br />
(Cont’d.)<br />
III. LabCorp<br />
Yanira Lima asked if there are any corrections to the Discussion Notes from the<br />
previous meeting held on October 9, 2008. There was one correction from<br />
Probation, clarifying that drug testing continues to be done on a random basis.<br />
The Discussion Notes will be corrected and posted on the Alcohol and Drug<br />
Program Administration’s (ADPA) Prop 36 website at<br />
www.lapublichealth.org/adpa, under the Discussion Notes section.<br />
Handouts:<br />
1) Agenda<br />
2) Proposition 36 CASC Listing (Updated)<br />
3) Discussion Notes from Previous Meeting (October 9, 2008)<br />
4) Prop 36 Monitoring Courts Directory (Updated)<br />
5) <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Corrections List (Updated)<br />
6) Prop 36 Calendar(Updated)<br />
7) ADPA Bulletin 08-04 “Timely Progress Reporting”<br />
8) ADPA Bulletin 08-05 “Procedural Changes Misdemeanants”<br />
9) HIV/AIDS Policies and Procedures (Oct. 30, 2008)<br />
10) Roster Regions 5 & 8<br />
Announcements:<br />
• In addition to the usual handouts, two bulletins from the Alcohol and Drug<br />
Program Administration (ADPA) were distributed.<br />
• ADPA Bulletin 08-04 “Timely Submission <strong>of</strong> Progress Reports” was<br />
recently distributed on November 17, 2008 and was designed to address the<br />
problem <strong>of</strong> treatment agencies were either consistently posting their<br />
Progress Reports to the Court late or not at all.<br />
• ADPA Bulletin 08-05 “The Misdemeanant Policy” was sent out on<br />
November 24, 2008, which directs the Community Assessment Service<br />
Centers to directly refer all misdemeanants into a Level I program. The<br />
procedural changes in this bulletin were made in response to another<br />
reduction in Prop 36 funding.<br />
• Kiah McIntyre conveyed to all treatment agencies that TCPX identification<br />
numbers (Treatment Court Probation eXchange) continue to be left <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong><br />
some specimens which is a critical piece <strong>of</strong> information. As a result <strong>of</strong> the<br />
delays, when a sample ‘sits’ without being analyzed, this can cause a<br />
2<br />
To contact Kiah McIntyre call<br />
(800) 859-6046 ext 73213<br />
To fax Ms. McIntyre, her number is
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