State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services this class is accountable for directing the development, implementation and monitoring of statewide behavioral health systems.

This class may only be used in the Office of the Commissioner for statewide services and/or programs.

• Directs staff and operations of statewide state-operated and contracted behavioral health care services;
• Provides technical and/or administrative oversight of program management activities of departmental regional offices and facilities;
• Oversees and participates in development, analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation and coordination of department policies, actions and programs as they relate to purchase of services;
• Oversees fiscal management of all grants and contracts and audit compliance by grantees;
• Implements and manages direct program initiatives as required;
• Coordinates licensing and Certificate of Need activities with Department of Public Health and Office of Health Care Access;
• Maintains relationships with state human service and development agencies;
• Develops management systems controls to oversee community service providers statewide;
• Oversees and participates in designing and administering consultant contracts;
• Drafts regulations and legislation;
• Works with other department divisions in preparation and coordination of department budget;
• Responds to data and analyses requests;
• Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
• May represent Commissioner or department before various boards and commissions;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
• and ability to apply management principles and practices;
• relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
• behavioral health service delivery systems;
• behavioral health program objectives;
• managed care systems;
• basic planning methodologies;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable ability to
• negotiate, mediate and resolve conflicts;
• collaborate with state, community and agency representatives. 

Nine (9) years of professional experience in the development and/or administration of behavioral health programs.

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been at a managerial level with responsibility for fiscal and administrative management of behavioral health care services or programs on a system wide basis.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  
• A Master’s degree in public or health care administration, business administration with specialization in health services or hospital administration, social work or in a related health care discipline may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Behavioral Health Director of Program Management Services in Salary Group MP 67 approved effective March 23, 2012. (Revised to add Acknowledgement section and modify content) Final No. 22-007