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Commissioner Megan Johnson seeks full-time community mental health nurse; committee approves resolution
Summary
Megan Johnson, commissioner of mental health and addiction services, proposed converting two part-time community mental health nurse roles into one full-time position funded by those vacancies and state aid tied to an assisted outreach program; the committee approved the amendment to the 2026 compensation schedule with one member recorded as opposed.
Megan Johnson, commissioner of mental health and addiction services, told the committee that "this resolution would amend the 2026 compensation schedule to create a community mental health nurse position full time and abolish 2 part time community mental health nurse positions" and that the position would be a grade 41 on the CSEA compensation schedule.
Johnson said the county had previously held the role as a full-time position prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and has had difficulty filling it since. She said one current part-time employee has committed to working full time and that the department expects ongoing state aid to help cover the full-time position as part of an "assisted outreach" program the state is asking counties to increase oversight of. She described the assisted outreach program as a court process by which certain individuals can be ordered into treatment.
After discussion the committee voted by voice to approve the resolution; the transcript records one member saying "Carrie" in response to "Any opposed?" and the chair then thanked the presenter. The transcript does not include a formal roll-call tally or the mover/second names beyond the chair's call for a motion and the recorded voice vote.
