The full name of this task group is the Emily Q Accountability Structure implementation Strategy task group, or ASIS (pronounced ay-ses). The task group was proposed in October 2008 as part of the Emily Q Settlement Team Nine-Point Plan submitted to the Court on September 24, 2008. This plan was approved by the Honorable A. Howard Matz, U.S. District Judge, Central District of California, on November 14, 2008. Membership is drawn from the State Departments of Mental Health and Health Care Services, as well as county mental health plans, plaintiffs, providers, consumers and family members, and contractors. The task group was formed to create and monitor the development of an accountability structure per the approved Nine-Point Plan.