AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Children's mental health; child and adolescent psychiatry workforce & health care workforce shortage; telehealth flexibilities and extension; health insurance parity; Medicaid programming/funding; gender-affirming care; lobbied in support of legislation (H.R.6396 - Kid PROOF Act of 2025) which would provide grants for health care providers to purchase lockboxes or safes to help families of children at risk of suicide or overdose to store medications or other potentially dangerous items; lobbied in support of legislation (H.R. 5482 - Prevent Youth Suicide Act) which would require the U.S. Department of Education to implement a new national standard for suicide prevention across middle and high schools; lobbied in support of FY27 appropriations funding for an array of mental health and substance use programs