Dr. Richard Hudspeth, Medical Director for the Access II Care CCNC Network, discussed efforts to integrate medical and mental health care before the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health on Wednesday, March 9th. Dr. Hudspeth was part of a team that outlined the work that his local CCNC network had undertaken with their local mental health program, Western Highlands Network. Dr. Hudspeth noted that over 50 percent of the Aged, Blind and Disabled population (ABD) served by his network has at least one mental health diagnosis. For the past three years, the local CCNC network has co-located network staff (primarily care managers) within Western Highlands Network, to better coordinate care. Other speakers included Western Highland's CEO Arthur Carder and Jennifer Wehe, Executive Director for Access II Care.