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
-Expand access to medication-assisted treatment -Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - rules for prescribing controlled medications via telemedicine -Contingency Management -Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA) 2.0 (S. 4941) -H.R. 5629 - bill to nullify SAMHSA rule
-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