***MEDIA ADVISORY***

State Leaders to Officially Launch Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership

Thursday, March 1, 2012  |  Contact: DHH Media and Communications; (225) 342-8518 or (225) 276-4803 (cell)

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein and Magellan Health Services Chairman and CEO René Lerer, M.D., will join top state officials, health care providers, family representatives and behavioral health advocates TODAY to launch the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership, a new system to enhance how behavioral health care services are provided.

Who:

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein

Magellan Health Services Chairman and CEO René Lerer, M.D.

What:

Launch of Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership

When:

TODAY, Thursday, March 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Where:

Press Conference Room, Fourth Floor of the Louisiana State Capitol

900 N. 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals strives to protect and promote health statewide and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all state citizens. To learn more about DHH, visit http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov. For up-to-date health information, news and emergency updates, follow DHH's blog, Twitter account and Facebook.

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