CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Bill J. Crouch, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), today announces the appointment of Christina Mullins as his Deputy Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. This appointment is effective immediately and is part of DHHR’s restructuring effort. As Deputy Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Mullins will oversee DHHR’s Bureau for Behavioral Health and the Office of Drug Control Policy.
DHHR’s Bureau for Behavioral Health is the federally designated State Authority for mental health and substance use disorder as well as the lead agency for intellectual and developmental disabilities. DHHR’s Office of Drug Control Policy monitors drug overdose surveillance and provides access to complete and timely data while assisting communities in targeting prevention and response efforts.
Mullins has a long tenure with DHHR most recently serving as the Commissioner of DHHR’s Bureau for Behavioral Health since 2018. She was previously the Director of the Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health; Director of the Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Health; and served as the director for the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program; and the Associate Director for the Division of Tobacco Prevention, all within the Bureau for Public Health. |