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Earn 4.5 CE hours of Ethics at this 6 Hour Seminar!

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Psychologists, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Counselors, Risk Managers, Addiction Professionals, Case Managers, Nurses

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MENTAL HEALTH &

THE LAW 2016

GEORGIA

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MENTAL HEALTH &

THE LAW 2016

GEORGIA

What you need to know to provide quality client services with confidence

• Confidentiality & HIPAA in Mental Health Services

• Admission & discharge of children & adults with mental illness

• Treatment rights

• Navigating the Criminal Justice System as it intersects the Mental Health System

DECATUR, GAFriday, November 18, 2016

Earn 4.5 CE hours of Ethicsat this 6 Hour Seminar!

8:00 Registration, Sign-In, & Course Materials (Morning Coffee & Tea)

8:30 CONFIDENTIALITY & HIPAA IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Betty Bentley Watson State Law vs. Federal Law 1.5 ethics Addictive Disease Confidentiality Laws Disclosures Privilege Subpoenas & Court Orders Individual Rights Notice of Privacy Practices Reporting Requirements Business Matters Health Information Exchanges

10:00 Break

10:15 TREATMENT RIGHTS Torin Togut Right to Participate in Treatment 1.5 ethics Right to Refuse Treatment Right to Effective Communication Right to be Served in the Most Integrated Setting

11:45 Lunch (On Your Own)

12:45 OVERVIEW OF ADMISSION/DISCHARGE Torin Togut CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 1.0 ethics Voluntary Admission Involuntary Commitment Proceedings Guardianship & Protective Placement Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders Powers of Attorney

2:15 Break

2:30 NAVIGATING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS IT INTERSECTS Sabrina Rhinehart THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM .5 ethics Incompetent to Stand Trial O.C.G.A §17-7-130 Definition Process Consequences Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity O.C.G.A §17-7-131 Definition O.C.G.A. §16-3-2, O.C.G.A §16-3-3 Process Consequences of Plea Mental Health Courts Deficits in the Converging Systems

4:00 EVALUATIONS, ADJOURNMENT, & CERTIFICATES

DECATUR, GAFriday, November 18, 2016

Objectives1. Compare the differences between federal and state law governing privacy of mental health records.2. Explain subpoenas and court orders.3. Contrast the right to refuse treatment and the right to participate in treatment.4. Distinguish between involuntary commitment, guardianship and protective placement.5. Define not guilty by reason of insanity’ and ‘incompetent to stand trial’.

6. Describe the deficits as the criminal justice system and the mental health system converge.

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Today’s behavioral healthcare professionals – already dealing with the critical challenges of treating clients – also face equally pressing administrative, procedural and legal responsibilities. Keeping up-to-date on those responsibilities is essential in order to protect your clients and yourself. At this comprehensive one-day seminar you will gain an understanding of admission and discharge from treatment; patient treatment rights; the impact of confidentiality/privilege and HIPAA on mental health services; the intersection of the criminal justice and mental health systems; and much more, that will help you avoid the pitfalls that can arise in everyday clinical situations.

TORIN D. TOGUT, JD, practiced for more than 25 years in special education, disability, and civil rights law for Georgia Legal Services Program in Atlanta, where he provided advice and assistance to other attorneys, advocates, professionals, families and individuals in the area of disability law, and directly represented clients. He has a private practice that is devoted to civil and criminal practice and appeals. From September 2008 until June 2012, Mr. Togut served as an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia, School of Law and taught special education law as well supervised law students in a clinic to assist low-income families of children with disabilities. He has spoken at many national, regional, state, and local conferences and seminars on the rights of children and adults with mental, developmental, and physical disabilities. Mr. Togut has also written two law review articles on the over identification of minorities in special education and racial disparity in school discipline and on response-to-intervention and identification of children with specific learning disabilities. He is admitted to the federal district courts in Georgia and Vermont, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Speaker Disclosure:

Financial: Torin Togut is in private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

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ELIZABETH (BETTY) BENTLEY WATSON, JD, is the privacy officer for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. She was the first in-house attorney for the Georgia Mental Health Institute and has practiced in mental health law for 27 years. Ms. Watson has served on the executive committee of the Legal Division of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) since 1999, including a term as chair. Ms. Watson received her undergraduate degree at Yale University and her law degree at the University of Georgia School of Law.Speaker Disclosure:

Financial: Elizabeth Bentley Watson is an attorney for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Nonfinancial: Elizabeth Bentley Watson is a member of the Georgia State Bar.

SABRINA RHINEHART, JD, is the director for the Office of the Mental Health Advocate (OMHA) at the Georgia Public Defender’s Standards Council. She represents defendants found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and provides assistance, advice and training to criminal defense attorneys who represent mentally ill clients. Ms. Rhinehart has served as a member of the Chief Justice Led Task Force to Promote Criminal Justice and Mental Health, the Georgia Appleseed Foundation and the Criminal Justice and Developmentally Disabled Coalition.Speaker Disclosure:Financial: Sabrina Rhinehart is an attorney with the Office of the Mental Health Advocate at the Georgia Public Defender’s Standards Council. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Nonfinancial: Sabrina Rhinehart is a member of the Georgia State Bar.

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