Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care (S. 4306)

AAHD has endorsed legislation by Senators Tina Smith (MN) and Jerry Moran (KS) supporting the integration of behavioral health into primary care. Senators Smith and Moran are the bi-partisan Senate Committee on HELP leads on this issue. AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation worked closely with No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) and APA-psychology and the Senators staff. Available here is the May 26 Senators press release and the May 17 legislative text; (the final text is not yet publicly available from the U.S. Congress).