Representation
American Psychiatric Association Components
The OPPA has excellent representation as part of the APA components (councils, committees, corresponding committees and task forces) that report to each Council.
Attorney General's Task Force on Criminal Justice and Mental Illness
The OPPA is one of more than 30 organizations that are represented and serve on the Attorney General's Task Force on Criminal Justice and Mental Illness. The original work of this group was founded in 2001, when Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Stratton formed the Advisory Committee on Mental Illness and the Courts (ACMIC).
Coalition for Healthy Communities (CHC)
The OPPA is one of more than 30 member organizations of the Coalition for Healthy Communities that includes agencies, provider groups and organizations that advocate for, or provide direct services for, Ohioans with mental illness.
Coalition for Patient Rights (CPR)
The Ohio Coalition for Patient Rights (CPR) is a group of citizens and organizations concerned that Ohioans, regardless of income or diagnosis, have access to quality and appropriate health care treatment and medication.
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee, chaired by OPPA member Karen Jacobs, DO, is responsible for developing and maintaining medications and related products listed on the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s (ODM) Unified Preferred Drug List (UPDL) pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code § 5164.7510. The UPDL is maintained through a review of current evidence-based medicine and based upon the professional judgment of physicians, pharmacists, and other experts that participate in ODM’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee.
Ohio State Medical Association
The OPPA has a delegate and alternate delegate representative to the OSMA House of Delegates representing Ohio's psychiatrists.
