Advocacy

Advocacy
Priorities

Ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent or important than at this time. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that symptoms of anxiety disorder were approximately three times higher and prevalence of depression about four times higher among adults during the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.

Meanwhile, overdoses have spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 40 states reporting increased opioid-related deaths, and an overall increase in overdoses of 18% between May of 2019 and 2020. At the same time, suicide rates have continued to rise, up 35% between 1999 and 2018, with early indications of additional increases in suicides more recently.

Our Covid-19 webpage is designed to help NABH members access important and applicable resources as they navigate the Covid-19 pandemic.

Removing Barriers to Care

Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.

Combating the SUD 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

  • CEO Update 177

    HHS Needs Your Feedback to Help Develop a Behavioral Healthcare Data Set Through March 29, HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) – the federal agency that standardizes information technology requirements for healthcare providers – is collecting information about specific data elements to include in a new behavioral healthcare data set. NABH encourages you to help ...
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  • CEO Update 176

    NABH Supported Behavioral Healthcare Riders in Funding Package Passes House and Awaits Senate Passage House and Senate Leadership agreed to a six-bill spending package with a March 9 deadline that contains a narrow list of health measures, including several important NABH priorities. The agreement set up a Wednesday vote in the House, which passed the legislation ...
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  • CEO Update 175

    Now Available: NABH 2024 Advocacy Priorities! NABH is pleased to share its 2024 Advocacy Priorities, which we urge you to read and share with your Government Relations teams. Topping NABH’s priorities this year are parity, workforce, behavioral healthcare information technology, America’s ongoing addiction crisis, and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion. “NABH’s 2024 advocacy priorities reflect the ...
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  • CEO Update 174

    DOL Includes Mental Health in $200 Million Grant Announcement for Registered Apprenticeships The U.S. Labor Department this week announced nearly $200 million in grants to support public-private partnerships that expand, diversify, and strengthen Registered Apprenticeships and included mental health occupations under the “care economy” sector that is eligible to apply. The funding opportunity includes $95 million of ...
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MOTAA – NABH Letter

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SAMHSA Updates OTP Regulations

SAMHSA Updates OTP Regulations Updated Feb. 2, 2024 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration published Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder late yesterday for public inspection. The final rule was published earlier today and becomes effective on April 2,…

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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

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