ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS

-Suicide prevention and crisis services -Behavioral Health Workforce Shortages -Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity - advocating for uniformity and clearer regulations for non-quantitative treatment limitations -Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 -Health Care Affordability Act

-Expand access to medication-assisted treatment -Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - rules for prescribing controlled medications via telemedicine

-Telehealth, reforming barriers to access to services. Extending flexibilities and repealing the 6-month in person visit requirement. -The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act -Medicaid reform -Medicaid community engagement requirements -42 CFR Part 2 as it relates to Medicaid community engagement requirements -Coverage of Peer Support specialists' services