The Cost of Mental Illness – Act (HR 7483)
AAHD has joined 20 Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) member organizations, led by the Schizophrenia and Psychosis Action Alliance, supporting HR 7483. The November 17 letter is here: PDF. […]
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Legislating Support of Behavioral Health Peer Support Workers /Peer Specialists
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) Peer Support Workgroup submitting comments to the Senate Committee on Finance latest legislative proposals. The October 28 bipartisan discussion draft was previously posted in an AAHD public policy update on integrating BH and primary care. The November 9 MHLG letter is here: PDF. […]
Legislating the Promotion and Support of the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care
AAHD has joined lead No Health without Mental Health; and Clinical Social Workers Association, the Lakeshore Foundation, and International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses – submitting comments to the Senate Committee on Finance latest legislative discussion draft on the integration of behavioral health and general health/primary care. Available here are the November 4 letter […]
Community and Mental Wellness and Resilience – Proposed New CDC Grant Program
AAHD has joined Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) members, facilitated by the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC), support for Reps Tonko (NY), Fitzpatrick (PA), and Castor (FL) legislation to establish a new CDC grant program for community-based initiatives for community and mental wellness and resilience. The October 19 ITRC release with introduction statements and summary […]
Behavioral Health Peer Specialists Support
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) Peer Support Workgroup supporting legislation expanding federal government support for peer specialists in the workforce. The October 18 letter to the Senate Committee on Finance is here: PDF. […]
Behavioral Health Crisis De-escalation Training (HR 8637)
AAHD has joined the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) led, Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) supporting proposed legislation (HR 8337) to develop and finance de-escalation in Behavioral Health crises. The October 14 letter to legislative sponsors Representatives Bass (CA), Trone (MD), Issa (CA), and Chabot (OH ) is here: PDF. […]
CONNECT Act – Continuity in Behavioral Health Crisis Treatment (HR 8391)
AAHD has joined the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) supporting proposed legislation (HR 8391) to fund and promote continuity in BH crisis treatment. The October 5 MHLG letter to legislative sponsors Representatives Trone (MD) and Fitzpatrick (PA) is here: PDF. […]
Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 (HR 4040)
AAHD joined a Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) letter to the Senate asking support for the House passed bill (HR 4040) – Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19. The Sept 14 letter is here: PDF. […]
Medicare Physician Payment – Proposed Rules – Behavioral Health-General Health Integration
AAHD has joined a No Health without Mental Health (NHMH) led collaborative effort with AAHD-Clinical Social Work Association-Lakeshore Foundation-Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance comments to CMS, emphasizing behavioral health and general health/primary care integration, on Medicare physician payment proposed rules. The September 2 letter is here: PDF. […]
Strengthening Medicare Telehealth Including Behavioral Health (HR 4040)
AAHD has joined an Eating Disorder Coalition led effort through the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) to thank Reps Cheney (WY) and Dingell (MI) for their sponsorship of HR 4040, strengthening Medicare telehealth after COVID flexibilities. The August 18 letter is here: PDF. […]