2007 LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS
December 7, 2007
S. 2182 Community Mental Health Services
Improvement Act
Letter supporting
the Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act (S. 2182) and
the Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act (S.
2183), both of which include provisions which will improve the
health and well-being of people living with mental illness and
addictions.
November 14, 2007
MENTAL HEALTH PARITY
ACT OF 2007
AGPA was included
on a list of 271 organizations supporting the Mental Health Parity
Act of 2007.
September 20, 2007
PAUL WELLSTONE MENTAL
HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS EQUITY ACT
AGPA was included
on a list of 225 organizations supporting the Paul Wellstone Mental
Health and Addictions Equity Act.
September 6, 2007
STATE CHILDREN'S
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (SCHIP)
Letter expressing gratitude and
support for mental health provisions in the House and Senate-passed
bills that reauthorize and give needed improvements to the State
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
August 30, 2007
S. 1852, THE "STOP
SENIOR SUICIDE ACT"
Letter supporting the legislation
recently introduced, S. 1854, the “Stop Senior Suicide Act.”
July 17, 2007
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH RECORDS
Letter to Senate Leadership on concern
about the need for privacy and security of individual health records
as the development of a national interoperable health information
technology (HIT) infrastructure moves forward.
June 29, 2007
MANAGER'S AMENDMENT TO
S. 558, THE MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT OF 2007
Letter supporting the manager’s
amendment to S. 558, the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007,
legislation with the goal of relieving insurance discrimination
against people in need of mental or substance use disorder services.
June 8, 2007
GARRETT LEE SMITH
MEMORIAL ACT
Support (S. 1514/H.R. 2511) to
reauthorize the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act which works toward
suicide prevention and early intervention among youth.
June 7, 2007
CHILD HEALTH CARE
CRISIS RELIEF ACT
Letter expressing support for the
Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act. This legislation addresses the
national shortage of children’s mental health professionals,
including school-based professionals, by encouraging more
individuals to enter these critical fields.
May 29, 2007
CHILDREN'S MENTAL
HEALTH PARITY ACT (S.1337)
Letter commending the introduction of
“Children’s Mental Health Parity Act” (S. 1337) to require equitable
coverage of mental health services in the State Children’s Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP).
April 23, 2007
H.R. 1663, "THE
MEDICARE MENTAL HEALTH MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2007"
Support H.R. 1663,
“The Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007”, which will
ensure Medicare beneficiaries have adequate access to effective
mental health treatments.
March 7, 2007
STATE CHILDREN'S
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Urging that the
State Children’s Health Insurance Program provide equitable coverage
of mental health services, which are key components of the full
range of services needed for healthy childhood development.
January 24, 2007
KEEPING FAMILIES
TOGETHER ACT
Supporting the
Keeping Families Together Act which responds to the growing crisis
in children’s mental health by addressing a fragmented service
system. The act provides grants to states to establish interagency
systems of care for children and adolescents with serious mental and
emotional disorders.
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