Priority Admissions Review Panel
The Priority Admissions Review Panel was established by the Legislature to evaluate the 48-hour timeline for priority admissions to DHS-operated treatment facilities. The panel will advise the DHS Commissioner on priority admissions in general and on the effectiveness of a new priority admissions framework. For one year, the panel will review deidentified data every quarter to ensure that the framework is implemented and applied equitably.
Scheduled Meetings
The next meeting of the Priority Admissions Review Panel is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 3200 Labore Road, Vadnais Heights, MN.
Data and Other Information
Panel Members
- Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
- Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
- Dr. KyleeAnn Stevens, Executive Medical Director, Direct Care and Treatment Administration, DHS
- Tarryl Clark, Stearns County Commissioner, representing the Association of Minnesota Counties
- Bryan Welk, Cass County Sheriff, representing the Minnesota Sheriff's Association
- Angela Youngerberg, Blue Earth County Human Services Director, representing the Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators
- Kevin Magnuson, Washington County Attorney, representing the Minnesota County Attorneys Association
- Taleisha Rooney, Manager, Emergency Behavioral Health Team, North Memorial Hospital, representing the Minnesota Hospital Association
- Sue Abderholden: Executive Director, Minnesota Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Doug McGuire, Attorney Coordinator, Hennepin County Commitment Defense Project, representing the Minnesota Civil Commitment Defense Panel
- Jinny Palen, Executive Director, Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs
- Dr. Eduardo Colón-Navarro, Chief of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center, representing the Minnesota Psychiatric Society
- Lisa Harrison-Hadler, ombudsman, Minnesota Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
- Nicholas Rasmussen, general member
- Heidi Heino, member of the public with lived experience directly related to the Task Force's purposes
- Miranda Rich, member from an organization representing racial and ethnic groups that are overrepresented in the criminal justice system
- Dr. Dionne Hart, member from an organization representing racial and ethnic groups that are overrepresented in the criminal justice system
- Lynn Butcher on behalf of labor unions that represent DCT staff
