Advocacy
2020 Advocacy
Priorities
Nearly 20% of Americans experience a mental illness or substance use disorder. This year 45,000 Americans will die by suicide, 63,000 will die from drug overdoses and 100,000 more will have their first episode of psychosis. This is why we advocate, and who we advocate for.
Please click here to see our 2020 Advocacy Priorities.
Removing Barriers to Care
Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.
Combating the Opioid Crisis
Congress should increase access to substance use disorder treatment.
Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce
Congress should expand the mental health and substance use disorder workforce.
CEO Update
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Coderre & LaBelle Named as Acting Heads of SAMHSA and ONDCP Tom Coderre, former Region 1 administrator at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has been named SAMHSA’s acting assistant secretary for mental health and substance use, and Regina LaBelle, former chief of staff at the White House Office of National Drug Policy ... Read moreCEO Update 131
HHS to Expand Access to MAT by Eliminating ‘X-Waiver’ for DEA-Registered Physicians The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on Thursday said it will publish new guidelines that will exempt office-based physicians from having to receive a DATA 2000 waiver, known as the X-waiver, in order to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment for ... Read moreCEO Update 130
SAMHSA’s Elinore McCance-Katz Resigns Following Violence at U.S. Capitol Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. announced Thursday she is resigning as the nation’s assistant secretary for mental health and substance use, citing the riotous takeover of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. According to her statement, McCance-Katz had intended to stay in her role at the Substance Abuse and ... Read moreCEO Update 129
Congress Works to Complete Covid-19 Relief Bill as Federal Funding Deadline Nears Federal lawmakers on Friday continued to work on a $900 billion Covid-19 funding relief bill to avert a government shutdown before federal funding expires at midnight. Congress has already agreed on a $1.4 trillion omnibus bill, the legislative vehicle for the $900 billion economic relief ... Read more
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The National Association for Behavioral Healthcare, are the people on the front lines of this fight…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
