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Board appoints an Ottawa County director to LRE Region 10 board amid debate over representation
Summary
The CMH board nominated and appointed a board member to the Local Regional Entity (LRE) Region 10 board; presenters described the LRE’s role, board time commitment and regional responsibilities, and members debated the value of direct CMH-board representation.
The Ottawa County Community Mental Health Board voted Friday to appoint a sitting county director to the Local Regional Entity (LRE) Region 10 board after a presentation from LRE CEO Mary Marlott Dumas about the entity’s purpose and commitments.
Dumas, the LRE Region 10 chief executive, told the board that the LRE’s responsibilities include administering provisions of the state mental-health code as laid out in the LRE bylaws and operating agreement, managing Medicaid specialty supports and services delivered under 1915(b)/(c) waivers, and ensuring a comprehensive array of local services across the seven-county region. She described the LRE board as a policy…
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