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Policy and Legislation Information
2001 Archive

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• Congress Completes Action on FY 2002 Funding for Mental Illness Research and Services Programs^{(20 Dec 01)}
• Congress Approves Education Legislation: Full Funding of IDEA Not Included^{(19 Dec 01)}
• House-Senate Conference Committee Votes Down Domenici-Wellstone Parity Amendment^{(19 Dec 01)}
• House-Senate Conferees Preparing to Vote on Parity^{(14 Dec 01)}
• Parity Battle Pushes On^{(11 Dec 01)}
• NAMI Says a Few Congressional Leaders Will Decide Mental Health Parity: Discrimination That Can Kill^{(28 Nov 01)}
• HUD Releases 2001 Funds for the Homeless Disability Voucher and Section 811 Programs^{(21 Nov 01)}
• Congress To Recess Without Passing Parity, Letters and Phone Calls are Vital^{(16 Nov 01)}
• House-Senate Conferees Add $4 Million in Funding for Federal Mental Health Courts Program^{(15 Nov 01)}
• Congress Clears Spending Bill for Housing and Veterans Programs^{(11 Nov 01)}
• Final Push Needed For Federal Parity - 6 Steps Every NAMI Advocate Can Take to Ensure Victory^{(07 Nov 01)}
• Senate Passes Parity -- Effort to End Insurance Discrimination Shifts to the House^{(31 Oct 01)}
• Senate Poised to Vote on Full Mental Illness Parity Legislation^{(30 Oct 01)}
• NIMH Director Hyman to Step Down^{(29 Oct 01)}
• NAMI Submits Comments on Revised Medicaid Managed Care Regulations^{(25 Oct 01)}
• Congress Moves Forward on Funding for Mental Illness Research and Services Programs^{(12 Oct 01)}
• House Veterans' Affairs Committee Approves Bill to Expand Services for Veterans with Mental Illness^{(11 Oct 01)}
• Senate Adds Funding for Federal Mental Health Courts Program Your Advocacy is Needed to Keep this Money in the Final House-Senate Conference Report^{(2 Oct 01)}
• 1996 Mental Health Parity Act Set to Expire in 3 Days: Senators Domenici and Wellstone Push for Action Full Parity Bill^{(28 Sept 01)}
• Action Needed on Family Opportunity Act: Contact the Senate Majority Leader Today^{(27 Sept 01)}
• The Infinite Mind One-Hour Special on "Terror: Trauma and Healing"^{(19 Sept 01)}
• NAMI Warns Sony and Mattel: International Reputations are at Risk ^{(31 Aug 01)}
• NAMI Offers Comments on Bush Executive Order Regarding State Implementation of Olmstead^{(28 Aug 01)}
• U.S. Surgeon General Releases Report on Mental Health: Culture, Race & Ethnicity^{(27 Aug 01)}
• Federal Court Strikes Down Maine Law Restricting Voting For People With Mental Illnesses^{(22 Aug 01)}
• Bush Administration Delays Medicaid Managed Care Patient Protection Rules and Announces State Flexibility Initiative ^{(21 Aug 01)}
• HOUSING UPDATE: Proposals To Establish National Housing Trust Fund Introduced, Emphasis On Development Of Rental Housing For Extremely Low-Income Households^{(17 Aug 01)}
• HHS Issues Guidance On New Medical Privacy Information^{(16 Aug 01)}
• The Mental Illness Consumer-Run Services Support Act (HR 2363)^{(8 Aug 01)}
• Senate Allocates Funds for Federal Mental Health Courts Program: Grassroots Action Requested^{(8 Aug 01)}
• Congress Adjourns for August Recess: Update on Recent Congressional Action ^{(8 Aug 01)}
• NIMH Seeks Family Members and Consumers To Serve on NIMH Scientific Review Groups ^{(8 Aug 01)}
• Federal Parity Passed Unanimously by Senate Help Committee: Statement by NAMI Board President Jim McNulty^{(8 Aug 01)}
• Restraint Regulations for RTC Comment^{(2 Aug 01)}
• Statement of Jacqueline Shannon, President, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Regarding Mental Illness Parity, Submitted to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate^{(1 Aug 01)}
• House Takes Up Patients' Rights Legislation^{(1 Aug 01)}
• Congress Begins Work on Funding Bill of Housing and Veterans' Programs^{(1 Aug 01)}
• House Measures Introduced that would Improve Services for Individuals with Serious Brain Disorders^{(8 Jul 01)}
• President Bush Signs Executive Order to Implement Supreme Court's Olmstead Decision^{(2 Jul 01)}
• New Report Shows Dramatic Increase in Housing Affordability Prices for Non-Elderly Adults with Mental Illness^{(27 Jun 01)}
• Senate Begins Debate on Patients' Bill of Rights^{(25 Jun 01)}
• NAMI Testifies Before House VA Committee^{(20 Jun 01)}
• Senate Passed ESEA Reauthorization^{(19 Jun 01)}
• New HCFA Grant Initiative to Improve Community Services^{(14 Jun 01)}
• HCFA Revises Final Interim Rules on Use of Restraint and Seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Adolescents^{(30 May 01)}
• Study Reveals Cost To Society For Housing Homeless Persons With Mental Illness Is Essentially Equal To Cost Of Remaining Homeless^{(7 May 01)}
• Surgeon General's Suicide Prevention Plan Calls For More Screening And Improved Access To Treatment And Services For People With Serious Brain Disorders^{(3 May 01)}
• FEDERAL PARITY ACTION ALERT: Senators Domenici and Wellstone Seek Cosponsors for Parity Act and NAMI Calls for Insurance Discrimination/Parity Stories^{(30 Apr 01)}
• Request for Proposals Released by SSA for Employment Networks for the Ticket to Work Program^{(20 Apr 01)}
• White House Releases FY 2002 Budget^{(09 Apr 01)}
• Family Opportunity Act^{(05 Apr 01)}
• NAMI Testimony on VA-HUD Appropriations^{(04 Apr 01)}
• Statement of Jacqueline Shannon on Behalf of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, March 29, 2001^{(04 Apr 01)}
• Full Mental Health Parity Bill Introduced In U.S. Congress Today: Strong Grassroots Action Needed^{(19 Mar 01)}
• Medicaid Managed Care Regulation: Summary of Major Sections^{(9 Mar 01)}

• Health Care Financing Administration Delays Medicaid Managed Care Rules^{(9 Mar 01)}

• Letter from Andrew Sperling, Deputy Executive Director for Policy, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Regarding Access Housing 2000 Initiative, To the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, February 16, 2001^{(3 Mar 01)}

• President Bush Unveils Budget Plan, Proposal Includes Major Increases For Medical Research^{(1 Mar 01)}

• U.S. Supreme Court Cuts Back Protections of the ADA^{(1 Mar 01)}

• NAMI Submits Comments On Social Security's Ticket To Work Regulations^{(28 Feb 01)}

• Patient Bill Of Rights Update: Consensus Legislation Introduced, President Bush Announces Principles, Partisan Stalemate May Finally End ^{(22 Feb 01)}

• NAMI Letter to the Dept of Housing and Urban Development on the Access Housing 2000 Initiative, February 16, 2001^{(16 Feb 01)}

• FDA Approves Geodon (Ziprasidone) for The Treatment of Schizophrenia ^{(12 Feb 01)}

• Letter from NAMI President Jacqueline Shannon to President George W. Bush Commending the "New Freedom Initiative ^{(8 Feb 01)}

• Family Opportunity Act Reintroduced in 107th Congress ^{(8 Feb 01)}

• NAMI Applauds President Bush's "New Freedom Initiative" ^{(2 Feb 01)}

• HHS Inspector General Releases Reports on Individuals with Severe Mental Illnesses in Nursing Homes ^{(2 Feb 01)}

• HCFA Issues Interim Final Rules On Restraint And Seclusion For Children's Psychiatric Facilities ^{(23 Jan 01)}

• NAMI Prepares for New Administration ^{(20 Jan 01)}
• AoA Releases New Report on Older Adults and Mental Illness ^{(16 Jan 01)}

• Social Security Issues Final Rules On Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) And Trial Work Period (TWP) Increases ^{(12 Jan 01)}
• Opportunity To Improve Treatment And Services For Children With Severe Mental Illnesses ^{(11 Jan 01)}
• U.S. General Accounting Office Issues Report on Community-Based Services for People With Severe Mental Illness ^{(29 Dec 00)}
• Work Incentives Update: Social Security Issues Draft "Ticket" Regulations; HCFA Moves Forward on TWWIIA Implementation ^{(28 Dec 00)}
• HUD Announces $1 Billion In Homeless Funding Awards ^{(27 Dec 00)}
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