On November 10, the Senate Committee on Finance publicly released their discussion draft mental health integration legislation. Available here are the Committee’s summary and the draft legislative text. […]
Available here is the August 1 National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) letter to HHS on the HHS behavioral health announced strategy: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a Kennedy Forum led, Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) letter requesting HHS to integrate MH and SUD into the proposed new ASPR. The August 25 letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a Kennedy Forum led, through the Mental Health Liaison Group, letter requesting the Senate pass legislation granting the Department of Labor civil monetary penalty authority for health plans not implementing MHPAEA. The July 13 letter is here: PDF. […]
In response to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) RFI, AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted comments to AHRQ, Here are the May 2 AHRQ RFI and the June 30 AAHD-Lakeshore comments. […]
AAHD has joined 245 organizations, led by the Legal Action Center through the Coalition for Whole Health, asking Congress to include mental health and addiction insurance parity and services and supports in Medicare. The June 29 letter is here: PDF. […]
On April 5, we posted AAHD joining a coalition of national organizations promoting the integration of behavioral health-general health-primary care. We posted the coalition statement and the Committee chair’s announced areas of focus. Available here are 5 testimony statements delivered at the April 5 hearing: American Psychiatric Assn and American Academy of Pediatrics which includes […]
On March 23, the Senate Committee on HELP conducted a hearing on MH and SUD programs. Available here are the statements of the SAMHSA and HRSA administrators. […]
The nation’s leading behavioral health organizations have written the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) requesting immediate strengthening of guidance implementing MHAPAE in health insurance. The November 3 letter is here: PDF. […]
AAHD has joined a Kennedy Forum led, Mental Health Liaison Group and Coalition To Stop Opioid Overdose, advocating enactment of the MHPAEA requirements to Medicare and Medicaid. Available here is the October 8 letter to Senators Bennet (CO) and Coryn (TX), who are proposing a reimaging of the country’s mental health and substance use disorder […]