ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Lobbying for 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 (H.R. 1650/S. 763)
-Expand access to medication-assisted treatment. -Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - rules for prescribing controlled medications via telemedicine. -SUPPORT Act -TREATS Act, H.R. 1627
-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 (S. 1261) -Medicaid reform -Coverage of peer support specialists services