Page 16 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022 RevereTV Spotlight T he City of Revere celebrated Juneteenth this past weekend with a Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall and activities at Veterans Memorial Park. The event included speeches from community members and elected offi cials, live music, food and lawn games. RTV’s coverage of the event streamed live and is now replaying on RTV GOV Also on RevereTV, Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Lourenço Garcia held a recorded roundtable discussion in the RevereTV Studio on the historical signifi cance of Juneteenth. Revere’s Chief Offi cer of Talent and Culture, Dr. Maritsa Barros, participated as did some school principals, teachers and Revere Public Schools students. The educators and students shared their perspectives and experiences regarding race and discrimination and also shared information about the signifi cance of Juneteenth. The roundtable discussion is playing on the RevereTV Community Channel. The fi rst Revere Recreation “From Scratch” Cooking Class was a hit! Jennifer Keefe, owner of From Scratch special order bakery, led a handful of residents who signed up for the class through baking a summer dessert. There will be classes on Wednesdays with limited seats in the upcoming weeks. Head to revererec.org to sign up for future classes. These cooking classes take place in the RevereTV Kitchen studio. You may later see recordings of these classes on the RevereTV CommuWildlife Control and Tree Service 24-Hour Service nity Channel. Revere seniors and other informed community members can watch the new episodes of “The Senior FYI” and “Focus on Health.” The Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center has a new episode of “The Senior FYI” in which Debbie Peczka and Ed Deveau discuss special summer events of interest to senior citizens. Check out this program airing every weekday morning and afternoon on the RevereTV Community HEALTH | FROM Page 6 • Codifying hospital clinical competencies and operational standards and directing the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to establish a complaint process for alleged violations • Directing DMH to create a comprehensive plan to address access to continuing care beds, intensive residential treatment programs, and community-based programs for patients awaiting discharge from acute psychiatric hospital units • Implementing mental health watch reforms in correctional settings, including changes to the referral to mental health process for those who are incarcerated or detained, and establishing a process for a person on mental health watch for longer than 72 hours to petition to be transferred Fully Insured 781-269-0914 School-based behavioral health services and programming: ~ Home of the Week ~ PEABODY....Here is the home you’ve been waiting for! Stunning Colonial features 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms and 4 full baths, vaulted ceiling foyer, living room, formal View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. Channel. “Focus on Health” is a program featuring Revere’s Director of Public Health, Lauren Buck. There is a new episode of this program now playing on the RevereTV Community Channel. Tune in to learn about some of the city’s health initiatives and summer activities promoting good health and exercise. “Focus on Health” plays on RevereTV on weekday afternoons, but it can also be found on RTV’s YouTube page. • Limiting the use of suspension and expulsion in all licensed early education and care programs • Requiring school districts to adopt a behavioral health crisis response plan which may be based on a cost-neutral model plan to be developed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education • Creating a statewide program to help schools implement school-based behavioral health services Access points for youth for effective behavioral health treatment: • Creating a complex care resolution panel to ensure children with complex behavioral health needs are assisted quickly and with cross-agency support and coordination • Requiring behavioral health assessments and referrals for children entering the foster care system • Empowering the Offi ce of the Child Advocate (OCA) to receive complaints from children and families and to assist them in resolving issues with access to behavioral health services Expanded insurance coverage: This legislation requires insurance coverage of critical behavioral health services, including: • Emergency service programs • Services provided under psychiatric collaborative care models • Mental health acute treatment, community-based acute treatment, and intensive community-based acute treatment without prior authorization • Annual mental health wellness exams Workforce investments: This proposal builds upon the Behavioral Health Trust Fund by carving out specifi c grant proCopyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 BUYER2 Atem, Tongwa REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS SELLER1 SELLER2 Pacini, Paul V ADDRESS 474 Revere Beach Blvd #202 Morales, Douglas Delara, Estania Mclean Jr, Daniel L Mclean, Lorraine 1 Richard St DATE PRICE Revere 06.01.22 420000 05.31.22 535000 RevereTV’s municipal meeting coverage will be slowing down a bit now that the Ways & Means Budget Hearings ended last week. All of this year’s budget hearings and other government meetings aired live as they happened and replay in the weeks following. Meetings also stream live on YouTube and can still be viewed there at any time. RTV GOV is channel 9 on Comcast and channels 13 and 613 on RCN. grams for health care providers, which would fi nance: • Workforce Pipeline Investments: a scholarship program to support a culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse behavioral health workforce, with a focus on clinicians who commit to serving high-need populations. • Integrated Care: a grant program to expand integrated care models that enable providers to expand their practices to provide behavioral health care in primary care settings • Support for Providers: a grant program to promote the mental health and wellbeing of providers Behavioral health parity implementation and enforcement: This legislation tackles the disparity by health plans to reimburse mental health services at lower rates than other forms of health care by providing the Commonwealth additional tools to enforce existing parity laws and promote compliance. This legislation enhancesoversight of parity compliance by: • Requiring carriers to comply with annual reporting requirements • Directing the Division of Insurance (DOI) to review and ensure insurer compliance with parity laws • Authorizing the Offi ce of Patient Protection (OPP) to identify and refer potential parity violations that arise during OPP grievance reviews to the DOI and the AG’s offi ce “An Act addressing barriers to care for mental health” (H.4879) passed the House of Representatives 155-0 after a similar version of this legislation passed in the Massachusetts State Senate. The legislation moves back to the Senate for further consideration.
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