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

(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): Section-by-Section Summary The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act was enacted on …

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

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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. The President’s fiscal year 2023

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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5 Mental Health Bills We Can All Agree On - Verywell …

(8 days ago) WEBFollowing this, they sent it to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This bill includes plans to: Reauthorize programs put forward in 2016 by the 21st Century Cares Act. Expand …

https://www.verywellmind.com/5-mental-health-bills-we-can-all-agree-on-6826669

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Fetterman & Smith Introduce Bill to Establish Senate Commission …

(2 days ago) WEBWashington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the United States Senate Commission on Mental Health Act of 2024.The 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 Reform Reauthorization Act of 2022 (2022 - S. 4170)

(8 days ago) WEBth. ): Mental Health Reform Reauthorization Act of 2022. A bill to reauthorize programs for mental health, and for other purposes. The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor. The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations, which set overall spending limits by agency or program, and authorizations, which direct how federal

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/s4170

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Reforming the Mental Health Act - House of Commons Library

(5 days ago) WEBThe Queen’s Speech in May 2022 included an announcement on draft legislation to reform the Mental Health Act. Sajid Javid, then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care introduced the draft Mental Health Bill on Monday 27 th June 2022. He said the Bill will “modernise legislation” and “make sure that it is fit for the future”.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9132/

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Support Grows for Murphy, Cassidy Legislation to Reauthorize and

(5 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Reform Reauthorization Act of 2022 (S.4170) also addresses COVID-19’s devastating impact on the national mental health crisis, especially among children, by building upon the 2016 legislation to …

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/support-grows-for-murphy-cassidy-legislation-to-reauthorize-and-improve-upon-mental-health-reform-act

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Government urged to strengthen draft Mental Health Bill

(3 days ago) WEBThe draft Mental Health Act Reform Bill was published in June 2022. It amends the Mental Health Act 1983, the main legislation regulating the compulsory detention or treatment of a person with a mental disorder in England and Wales. The draft Bill follows the 2018 Independent Review of the Mental Health Act.

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/605/joint-committee-on-the-draft-mental-health-bill/news/175494/government-urged-to-strengthen-draft-mental-health-bill/

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Cassidy, Murphy Introduce Bill to Improve, Reauthorize Historic …

(Just Now) WEBWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today introduced legislation to reauthorize the historic federal mental health and substance use disorder programs that were signed into law in 2016 as part of their …

https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-murphy-introduce-bill-to-improve-reauthorize-historic-mental-health-reform-act-before-expiration/

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Mental Health Reform Provisions in H.R. 34, the 21st Century …

(8 days ago) WEBHelping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646), the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (S. 2680), the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act (S. 2002), and the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act (S. 993). The passage of H.R. 34 marks a major first step toward reforming the mental healthcare system in the United States.

https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Psychiatrists/Advocacy/Federal/Comprehensive-Mental-Health-Reform/APA-Summary-Mental-Health-Reform-Provisions-21st-Century-Cures-Act.pdf

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Draft Mental Health Bill 2022 - Joint Committee on the Draft …

(4 days ago) WEB1 Introduction The Mental Health Act. 1. The Mental Health Act 1983 (henceforth, “MHA”) is the main piece of legislation that governs the treatment of those with ‘mental disorders’. 1 It allows for compulsory admission to hospital (“detention”) in certain circumstances, sets out the processes to be followed in such cases and gives rights of …

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5803/jtselect/jtmentalhealth/696/report.html

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Draft Mental Health Bill 2022 - GOV.UK

(2 days ago) WEBThis draft bill delivers on 2 government manifesto commitments: to reform the Mental Health Act. to improve the way that people with a learning disability and autistic people are treated in law

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-mental-health-bill-2022

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Comprehensive mental health reform - American Psychological …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016 is a bipartisan effort aimed at reforming federal mental health policies and programs so that patients—especially Labor and Pensions passed its own mental health bill, the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (S. 2680), introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). That legislation

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/09/policy-brief

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California’s Mental Health Transformation Overwhelmingly Passes …

(5 days ago) WEBWHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Business & Labor Leaders Support Governor Newsom’s Modernization of the Mental Health Services Act. Governor Newsom’s Mental Health Package Moves Through the Legislature. Governor Newsom’s Mental Health Services Act Reform Passes Key Committee. WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Kids …

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

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UK government shelves the Mental Health Bill - Mind

(9 days ago) WEBDespite reforms to the Mental Health Act being a key Conservative manifesto commitment in both 2017 and 2019, the UK government has failed to include the Mental Health Bill in today’s King’s Speech. The plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983, which is the main piece of law setting out when you can be detained for treatment …

https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/uk-government-shelves-the-mental-health-bill/

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs Mental Health Reform Law - KCRG

(4 days ago) WEBIowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a law Wednesday to overhaul Iowa’s mental health system to include substance abuse and consolidate the mental health regions from 32 to 7 districts.

https://www.kcrg.com/2024/05/15/live-gov-reynolds-sign-mental-health-bill/

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Mental Health Reform is a Law

(8 days ago) WEBThe law includes key pieces of the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016 (H.R. 2646), the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 (S. 2680), and the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 (S. 2002). The Cures Act will improve integration and program coordination across federal agencies that serve people with …

https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2016/Signed-Sealed-Delivered-Mental-Health-Reform-is

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NJ involuntary commitment law alarms mental health advocates

(8 days ago) WEBPeople experiencing mental health crises could face longer involuntary commitment times in hospitals and emergency departments under a new law that Gov. Phil Murphy signed this month. The

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2023/08/22/new-jersey-mental-health-crisis-law-alarms-social-service-groups-involuntary-confinement-hospitals/70623537007/

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Draft Mental Health Bill 2022: easy read - GOV.UK

(2 days ago) WEBWe want to make mental health care better for people. The government wants to change the law called the Mental Health Act. We decided to make changes to the law after there was a big review. We

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-mental-health-bill-2022-easy-read

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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 services agency to build up

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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Reforming the Mental Health Act: summary - GOV.UK

(5 days ago) WEBPart 1: legislative reforms – the changes we are proposing to the Mental Health Act itself. Part 2: reforming policy and practice to improve patient experience – the government's plans to

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-the-mental-health-act/reforming-the-mental-health-act-summary

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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 districts to improve outcomes for Iowans, into law. “Today, we align Iowa’s 32 separate mental health and substance use service regions into one, unified behavioral health …

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

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State of New Jersey

(4 days ago) WEBNEWARK –Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced new measures to promote access to mental health and substance use disorder services and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a new program to make it easier for recent graduates of social work and counseling programs …

https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases20/pr20200715b.html

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Advancing the Blueprint to Mental Health Parity Reform.

(6 days ago) WEBThis Viewpoint discusses the current state of mental health parity reform, proposed amendments, and the challenges and considerations in play. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Evaluation Study: Impact on Specialty Behavioral Health Care Utilization and Spending Among Carve-In Enrollees.

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Advancing-the-Blueprint-to-Mental-Health-Parity-Kannarkat-Kannarkat/7e5be6098e4e87ff5bcb5874d06d3f830ede97f3

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Newsom to release $3.3B for CA mental health housing in 2024

(8 days ago) WEBThe first $3.3 billion of bonds approved by voters in March to build and rehab housing and treatment beds for people with mental illness will be available to counties months ahead of schedule, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. And counties, he emphasized repeatedly, had better get to work.

https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2024/05/mental-health-housing-proposition-1/

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NAMI Greater Bergen: Mental Health Support, Education

(Just Now) WEBPeople living with mental health conditions must know that they are not alone. NAMI Greater Bergen serves residents across our community with free mental health support, online groups, resources and education. Bill A508/S2668 would require the Governor and the Legislature to consider adding funding each year for adult mental health

https://namigreaterbergen.org/

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Chairs Rodgers and Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee …

(3 days ago) WEBH.R. 7188, Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act (Reps. Moolenaar and Dingell) H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023 (Reps. Steel and Gomez) H.R. 7858, Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 (Reps. James and D.G. Davis)

https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairs-rodgers-and-guthrie-announce-health-subcommittee-markup-of-23-bills

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Casten Statement on Passage of Pilot Mental Health Reform in …

(Just Now) WEBMay 15, 2024 Casten Statement on Passage of Pilot Mental Health Reform in FAA Reauthorization Act. Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Sean Casten released the following statement on the House passage of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act: “In April, the FAA Mental Health & Aviation Medical Clearances …

https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-statement-on-passage-of-pilot-mental-health-reform-in-faa-reauthorization-act

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Text - H.Res.1242 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Prioritizing …

(4 days ago) WEBThis bill has the status Introduced. Here are the steps for Status of Legislation: Introduced Agreed to in House; More on This Bill. CBO Cost Estimates [0] Whereas mental health and substance use parity requirements for health insurance plans must be firmly enforced; Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1242/text/ih

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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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