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Government Relations

Please take some time to read the following advocacy materials. We also urge you to share this information with others, including your federal, state, and local government officials and their staff.

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Policy Issues

Advocacy Priorities

2024 is a critically important year as the country continues to face intense access challenges for individuals managing mental health and/or substance use disorders. With demand for NABH services across all age groups nationwide being at an all-time high, ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent.

NABH’s advocacy priorities reflect the organization’s mission to advance responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment and recovery, and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental health and substance use disorder. NABH advocates for these ongoing priorities and will continue to prioritize securing sufficient funding.

Mental Health

  • Securing the Promise of Parity
  • Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
  • Behavioral Health Information Technology
  • 988 Crisis Stabilization Services
  • EMTALA
  • Psychiatric Hospital Regulations
  • Veteran and Military Healthcare
  • IMD Exclusion
  • 190-day Lifetime Limit

The Addiction Crisis

  • Securing the Promise of Parity
  • Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
  • Behavioral Health Information Technology
  • 988 Crisis Stabilization Services
  • EMTALA
  • Veteran and Military Healthcare
  • Opioid Treatment Programs
  • Telemedicine Coverage
  • Partial Hospitalization
  • Quality and Outcome Measures
  • Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

Access to Care