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'It’s not a red state, blue state thing': Senators form bipartisan

(3 days ago) WebThe U.S. is in a mental health crisis, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the country’s largest grassroots mental health organization, which has partnered with the new Senate

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/s-not-red-state-blue-state-thing-senators-form-bipartisan-mental-healt-rcna120519

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2 senators are working across the aisle to address the …

(7 days ago) WebDemocratic Sen. Chris Murphy and Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy first teamed up six years ago on mental health legislation. Now, we check in on this unlikely duo's work to update it.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19/1100228359/2-senators-are-working-across-the-aisle-to-address-the-mental-health-crisis

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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 access to and affordability of mental health care services. “Before I sought help for my depression, I was the biggest cynic – but it truly worked,” said Senator Fetterman.

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

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U.S. Senators Smith, Padilla, Tillis, Ernst Launch Bipartisan …

(8 days ago) Web“The launch of the Senate Mental Health Caucus comes at a critical time as our nation faces a mental health crisis that affects people across the lifespan, with suicide being the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. AFSP looks forward to working with the Caucus to raise awareness of mental health issues, promote bipartisan policy

https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-smith-padilla-tillis-ernst-launch-bipartisan-mental-health-caucus/

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Sen. John Fetterman opens up about his mental health struggles

(1 days ago) WebSen. John Fetterman opens up about his mental health struggles. The Pennsylvania Democrat was discharged in March from inpatient treatment for clinical depression after his mental health struggles

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-john-fetterman-opens-mental-health-struggles-rcna131147

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The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well …

(2 days ago) WebThe Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Division FF, Title I of P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ü: Section-by-Section Summary After being received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the bill was ultimately incorporated into the

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

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U.S. Senators Smith, Murkowski, Hassan Reintroduce …

(2 days ago) WebThe Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act would repay up to $250,000 in eligible student loan repayment for mental health professionals who work in mental health professional shortage areas. Sen. Smith has shared her own mental health journey from the Senate floor—and again in an op-ed last …

https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-smith-murkowski-hassan-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-expand-mental-health-care-workforce/

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Spectrum News: Senators form bipartisan Mental Health …

(4 days ago) WebBy Cassie Semyon and Reuben Jones. As the United States faces a mental health crisis, a bipartisan group of senators is looking to tackle the issue by creating the Senate Mental Health Caucus. Outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Tina Smith, D-Minn. announced the creation of the caucus.

https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/news-coverage/spectrum-news-senators-form-bipartisan-mental-health-caucus/

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U.S. Senators Smith, Murkowski Introduce - Senator …

(9 days ago) WebWASHINGTON, D.C. [5/12/21]—Today, during Mental Health Awareness Month, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced their bipartisan legislation which would repay up to $250,000 in eligible student loan repayment for mental health professionals who work in mental health professional shortage areas.

https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senators-smith-murkowski-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-expand-mental-health-care-workforce-to-areas-of-greatest-need/

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Senators Collins, Smith Introduce Bipart U.S. Senator Susan Collins

(6 days ago) WebWashington, D.C. – In a bipartisan effort to improve mental health care across the nation, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tina Smith (D-MN), members of the Senate Health Committee, introduced the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, legislation that would permanently repeal the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient …

https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-smith-introduce-bipartisan-bill-improve-care-americans-serious-mental

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Bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus

(9 days ago) WebThe Senate Mental Health Caucus serves our membership through a variety of ways, including keeping offices informed on current issues, highlighting innovative breakthroughs in the behavioral health field, and sharing the work of our colleagues to elevate mental health issues and implement policies to improve the mental health of all Americans.

https://www.padilla.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Bipartisan-Senate-Mental-Health-Caucus-Official-Mission-Statement.pdf

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Fetterman, Smith want a Senate mental health commission

(4 days ago) WebThe U.S. Senate Commission on Mental Health Act would create an independent commission charged with investigating barriers to care delivery; crafting an annual report that reviews ongoing research

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/fetterman-smith-want-senate-mental-health-commission/

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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Senate Committee …

(1 days ago) WebMental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Responding to the Growing Crisis Date: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 428 Senate Dirksen Office Building,Washington, DC, 20510 (202) 224-5375. Chair. Chair's Newsroom. About.

https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-responding-to-the-growing-crisis

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Historic Funding for Mental Health Care Championed by Murphy …

(2 days ago) WebWASHINGTON–As a leader on mental health reform in the Senate, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, helped secure historic amounts of funding in the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill to expand …

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/historic-funding-for-mental-health-care-championed-by-murphy-included-in-fy23-government-funding-legislation

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8 lawmakers who have publicly struggled with mental health

(9 days ago) WebTorres has been an advocate for improving access to mental health care services. “I admire Senator John Fetterman for openly seeking treatment for depression at Walter Reed. Back in 2010, I was

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/3862175-8-lawmakers-who-have-publicly-struggled-with-mental-health/

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

(Just Now) WebSenate - 06/23/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022. This bill reauthorizes through FY2027, expands, and modifies programs, grants, and activities that focus on mental and behavioral health

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

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Senate tables bill inspired by state hospital shooting - Boston.com

(3 days ago) WebPolitics Senate tables bill inspired by state hospital shooting New Hampshire currently does not submit mental health records to the database that gun dealers use for background checks.

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/05/17/senate-tables-bill-inspired-by-state-hospital-shooting/

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HHS Mental Health Accomplishments by the Numbers

(8 days ago) WebHRSA, through Bipartisan Safer Communities Act funding, expanded the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant program, which funds pediatric mental health care teams to provide tele-consultation for providers in settings such as primary care practices, emergency departments, and schools. With this expansion, 36 states have …

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

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California’s Mental Health Transformation Overwhelmingly Passes …

(5 days ago) WebSenate Bill 326 (Eggman, D – Stockton) Together these bills provide a critically needed overhaul to the landmark Mental Health Services Act and infuse desperately needed resources into our behavioral health care continuum. The Governor made a commitment to get this done this year and today the Governor and the …

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

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Baldwin, Moore Introduce Legislation to Support Mental Health for

(3 days ago) WebWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) introduced the Mental Health and Making Access More Affordable (MAMA) Act to better ensure pregnant women and new mothers can access affordable mental health care and substance use disorder services.The …

https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/baldwin-moore-introduce-legislation-to-support-mental-health-for-pregnant-women-and-new-moms

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Senator Hassan Applauds New Maternal Mental Health …

(2 days ago) WebThe National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care is available here, and it outlines recommendations and best practices to help provide mental health care, including addiction treatment, to expecting mothers. Senator Hassan has led efforts to ensure that new and expecting mothers have access to high-quality health care.

https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-hassan-applauds-new-maternal-mental-health-recommendations-from-task-force-created-by-her-bipartisan-law

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Senate Overwhelmingly Approves FAA Reauthorization Act

(3 days ago) WebToday, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act to reauthorize the FAA and the NTSB for five years. Sponsored by Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) …

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/5/senate-overwhelmingly-approves-faa-reauthorization-act

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Alsobrooks beats Trone, will take on Hogan for Maryland Senate

(4 days ago) WebPosted May 14, 2024 at 10:14pm. Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County chief executive, will be the Democratic nominee in the race for Maryland’s open Senate seat this fall after

https://rollcall.com/2024/05/14/alsobrooks-beats-trone-will-take-on-hogan-for-maryland-senate/

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SENATE MENTAL HEALTH CAUCUS Senate Mental Health Caucus …

(5 days ago) WebWelcome to the Senate Mental Health Caucus website. The mission of this bipartisan caucus is to examine the growing challenges that mental illness and substance use disorder present to our society. The caucus also seeks to increase legislators’ knowledge and understanding about this very complex and important field of health. Members:

https://mentalhealth.senate.ca.gov/

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The Joint Legislative Resolution of the NJ Senate and General …

(8 days ago) Webas the National Institute of Mental Health Sharing Repository, and serves as the central location for analyzing genetics samples from 26 sites worldwide; and, “Be it resolved by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey that this Legislature hereby honors the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated

https://njcts.org/wordpress/njcts-content/uploads/2012/06/Joint-Resolution.pdf

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Elementor #77350 - Senator Alex Padilla

(5 days ago) WebThe bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus is a forum for Senators and their staff to collaborate on and promote mental health solutions, hold events to raise awareness of critical mental health issues, and reduce stigma. The Caucus aims to improve prevention and early intervention efforts, expand the country’s mental health professional

https://www.padilla.senate.gov/mhc/

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Greenstein, Cruz-Perez, Ruiz ‘Dignity for Incarcerated Primary

(7 days ago) WebTrenton – Legislation sponsored by Senate Law and Public Safety Committee Chair Linda Greenstein, Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, which would provide certain protections to incarcerated parents in correctional facilities who are primary caretakers of their children, passed the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today.

https://www.njsendems.org/greenstein-cruz-perez-ruiz-dignity-for-incarcerated-primary-caretaker-parents-act-advances/

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Depression Freeway Psychiatry

(4 days ago) WebDepression occurs as a result of noisy communication between neurons that regulate mood and emotion. Understanding the neuroscience behind depression is essential, as there is a difference between a depressed brain and a healthy brain. The exciting thing is that when you treat depression effectively, the brain looks healthy again.

https://www.freewaypsychiatry.com/

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At Hearing on Rural Veterans Health Care, Tester Raises Alarms …

(5 days ago) WebThursday, May 16, 2024. ***VIDEO***. (U.S. Senate) — During a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on improving rural veterans’ access to health care, Chairman Jon Tester pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials to ensure the Department continues to hire mental health providers in rural areas amid …

https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2024/5/at-hearing-on-rural-veterans-health-care-tester-raises-alarms-about-va-mental-health-care-hiring

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BRINGING THE MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATION TO NJ

(5 days ago) WebThe Codey Fund for Mental Health was created in 2012, by former NJ Governor Richard Codey and his wife Mary Jo, "to ensure that compassionate, quality mental healthcare is accessible to everyone and that the stigma associated with mental illness is overcome through public awareness and education." Since its founding, The Morris County based …

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/BRINGING-THE-MENTAL-HEALTH-CONVERSATION-TO-NJ.html?aid=7j2TlwYK6NY&soid=1125064767140

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