Mental Health Bills By State

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Trends in State Mental Health Policy - nami.org

(6 days ago) WEBagencies to advocate for needed changes to state law. In 2022, NSOs made mental health front and center among policymakers’ priorities and tackled many of the fundamental barriers to mental health care. This report is a showcase of significant state mental …

https://www.nami.org/NAMI/media/NAMI-Media/PDFs/NAMI_2022_State_Legislation_Report.pdf

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H.R.7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act …

(Just Now) WEBRestoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022. This bill reauthorizes through FY2027, expands, and modifies programs, grants, and activities …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7666

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The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of …

(2 days ago) WEBmental health care workforce, access to integrated care services, and private health insurance coverage of behavioral health services (i.e., mental health …

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47910

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The Federal and State Role in Mental Health

(1 days ago) WEBState Legislation and Regulations. State laws create changes and provide oversight within the state. Regulations are rules issued by state agencies to help carry out laws. In …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/federal-and-state-role-mental-health

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California’s Mental Health Transformation Overwhelmingly Passes …

(5 days ago) WEBState of California. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Tonight, the California Legislature approved a cornerstone piece of Governor Newsom’s broader, multi-year …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/14/mhsa-reform-passes-legislature/

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H.R.7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act …

(5 days ago) WEB(a) Suicide Prevention Lifeline.— (1) P LAN.—Section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7666/text

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State Policies Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Care in …

(6 days ago) WEBOn KFF’s 21 st annual Medicaid budget survey, all responding states reported at least one initiative to expand behavioral health care in Medicaid in state …

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/state-policies-expanding-access-to-behavioral-health-care-in-medicaid/

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Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 …

(9 days ago) WEBJun 22, 2022. H.R. 7666 (117th). To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, …

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr7666

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House passes bill to reauthorize, expand federal behavioral health

(Just Now) WEBThe House last night voted 402-20 to pass the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-being Act, bipartisan legislation that includes reauthorization through …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2022-06-23-house-passes-aha-supported-mental-health-bill

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FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address …

(1 days ago) WEBThe 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act called for mental health care benefits to be covered at the same level as physical health care benefits. …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/01/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-strategy-to-address-our-national-mental-health-crisis-as-part-of-unity-agenda-in-his-first-state-of-the-union/

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Senate passes four Dhingra bills to tackle mental health, substance …

(7 days ago) WEBThe bill also caps certification fees and cuts red tape so our state’s behavioral health workforce can grow more quickly. SB 5853 would expand the state’s …

https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/blog/2024/02/09/senate-passes-four-dhingra-bills-to-tackle-mental-health-substance-use-disorder/

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Mental health Bills - GovTrack.us

(6 days ago) WEBBills & Resolutions; Health; Mental health; Mental health. Use this page to browse bills in the U.S. Congress related to the subject Mental health, as determined …

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/mental_health/6176

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Gov. Beshear Signs Two Bills Supporting Mental Health Access

(3 days ago) WEBBills benefit Kentuckians with severe mental illness and first responders after critical incidents. FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 22, 2022) – Today, Gov. Beshear hosted …

https://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=1381

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Governor Newsom Puts Historic Mental Health Transformation on …

(4 days ago) WEBWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: For the first time in decades, Californians will have the ability to transform the state’s mental health system – modernizing to meet …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/12/governor-newsom-puts-historic-mental-health-transformation-on-march-2024-ballot/

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Iowa mental health, substance use system consolidation signed …

(Just Now) WEBNew law consolidates mental health, substance use disorder services. Now that the bill has been signed into law, the clock is ticking for top officials at Iowa's human …

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/iowa-mental-health-substance-use-system-consolidation-signed-into-law-kim-reynolds/73672968007/

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Sen. Anthony Introduces Bills to Address Mental Health Crisis

(3 days ago) WEB“It’s high time that we take mental health seriously in our state. These bills do just that.” The package would make the following changes: SB 27 would amend the …

https://senatedems.com/anthony/2023/01/19/sen-anthony-introduces-bills-to-address-mental-health-crisis/

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HHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers

(8 days ago) WEBHHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers. Launched 988, with more than 9.5 million calls received since July 2022. Under this administration, HHS …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/16/hhs-mental-health-accomplishments-numbers.html

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California Moves Faster to Transform Mental Health System for All, …

(9 days ago) WEBWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California is accelerating the distribution of billions of dollars in new funding available to counties and others to construct outpatient, …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/14/california-moves-faster-to-transform-mental-health-system-for-all-with-urgent-focus-on-most-seriously-ill-homeless/

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Pritzker Pledges to Expand Access to Mental Health Care in Illinois

(1 days ago) WEBWith several dozen services providers from around the state in attendance, Pritzker and panelists floated ideas to improve access to mental health care for …

https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/18/pritzker-pledges-expand-access-mental-health-care-illinois

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Behavioral Health Legislative Implementation Washington State

(3 days ago) WEBBehavioral Health Legislative Implementation. In recent legislative sessions, several bills passed affecting behavioral health professionals, facilities, and agencies. Bills that …

https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/professions-new-renew-or-update/behavioral-health-professions-facilities-and-agencies/behavioral-health-legislative-implementation

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Gov. Reynolds Signs HF 2673, Behavioral Health Alignment

(5 days ago) WEBToday, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 2673, a bill that aligns Iowa’s 32 disconnected mental health and substance use regions into 7 unified behavioral health …

https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/2024-05-15/gov-reynolds-signs-hf-2673-behavioral-health-alignment

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Mental health for all

(8 days ago) WEBState of California Mental health for all. California is transforming our entire mental health and substance use disorder system. The result: better behavioral health care for all …

https://mentalhealth.ca.gov/

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Pa. House bill would make mental health training mandatory for …

(8 days ago) WEBState Rep. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford), the top Republican on the committee and an opponent of the measure, said that while a mental health crisis exists among …

https://penncapital-star.com/education/pa-house-bill-would-make-mental-health-training-mandatory-for-high-school-sports-coaches/

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Bill on helping student-athlete mental health now before the House

(Just Now) WEBMental health advocates rallied at the state Capitol for House Bill 1367. It would require school coaches to take a mental health policy class and call on the …

https://www.wgal.com/article/bill-on-helping-student-athlete-mental-health-now-before-house/60849300

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Fetterman & Smith Introduce Bill to Establish Senate Commission …

(2 days ago) WEBThe bill would establish a U.S. Senate Commission on Mental Health tasked with providing Congress and the president independent, expert policy recommendations to improve …

https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/press-releases/news-fetterman-smith-introduce-bill-to-establish-senate-commission-on-mental-health/

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Mental Health Awareness Month: State Legislation to address …

(5 days ago) WEBWe’ll easily reach the upper 80s and low 90s this afternoon. There will be a mix of sun and clouds through the day, and it’ll stay calm tonight. A little patchy fog can’t …

https://www.wlox.com/video/2024/05/20/mental-health-awareness-month-state-legislation-address-mental-health-issues/

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Mikie Sherrill prison bill aims to boost mental health care

(8 days ago) WEBRep. Sherrill pitches $100M a year to boost mental health care in US jails and prisons. The bill calls for $100 million in fiscal year 2025 that would increase over …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/20/nj-mikie-sherrill-re-entry-act-prison-mental-health-care/73720805007/

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Political Debates Are Exacerbating the Mental Health Crisis

(4 days ago) WEBMore than 1 in 10 (12 percent) LGBTQ young people attempted suicide in the past year. Most alarming about this year's findings are the direct correlation we're …

https://www.newsweek.com/political-debates-are-exacerbating-mental-health-crisis-among-lgbtq-youth-opinion-1902059

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Supporting kids’ mental health is within our grasp

(3 days ago) WEBIn collaboration with other experts, the department developed the Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework, which is helping guide schools in developing …

https://dpi.wi.gov/news/releases/2024/mental-health-awareness-jill-underly-students

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What is psychosocial disability, how is it different to mental health

(1 days ago) WEBMs Gillespie, 60, lives with psychosocial disability and has a string of mental health diagnoses, including complex post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/psychosocial-disability-mental-health-ndis/103690958

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Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender …

(8 days ago) WEBHundreds of protesters in Peru's capital marched on Friday to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a …

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-protesters-slam-new-insurance-law-that-deems-transgender-people-mentally-2024-05-18/

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NYC Council Calls for Budget Restorations and Greater …

(6 days ago) WEBThe Council called upon the Administration to provide an additional $8.9 million for baseline funding for mental health courts that connect people to appropriate …

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2024/05/09/2600/

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