Commission forms LTSS and health-equity subcommittee, names co-chairs and outlines priorities

At its inaugural Long Term Services and Supports and Health Equity Subcommittee meeting, the Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities elected co-chairs and laid out initial goals including inviting MassHealth to brief the subcommittee, creating a public list of LTSS resources, and researching health-care disparities that affect people with disabilities.

The meeting opened with commission Chair Denise Skalick introducing the new subcommittee and the commissioners present. “I am Denise Skalick. I am currently the chair of the commission ... and I am a registered nurse,” Skalick said, noting the group’s focus on health equity and long-term supports.

The subcommittee’s nut graf: members said the work matters because long-term services and supports are a major component of MassHealth spending and because people with disabilities can face unequal treatment in clinical settings and crisis triage. “Long term services and supports…