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Policy and Legislation Information
1999 Archive

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• SAMHSA And CMHS Seek Candidates For Grant Application Peer Review Committee ^{(22 Dec 99)}

• Oregon County Report Demonstrates Need For Mental Health Block Grant Accountability: House Preparing For Debate Over Year 2000 SAMHSA Reauthorization ^{(20 Dec 99)}

• President Clinton Signs Historic Work Incentives Legislation Into Law ^{(17 Dec 99)}

• Foster Care Independence Act Signed Into Law - Provisions Included On SSI Overpayments, Treatment Of Trusts And Transfer Of Assets ^{(16 Dec 99)}

• New Housing Advocacy Guide Available For Nami Affiliates; New Information About How To Use The Hud Consolidated Plan Process To Argue For More Housing Dollars ^{(15 Dec 99)}

• Prescription Drug Coverage In Medicare^{(15 Dec 99)}

• Thank You Letter To President Clinton For His Efforts To Increase Funding For The Mental Health Block Grant And PATH Programs.^{(15 Dec 99)}

• Thank You Letter To President Clinton For His Efforts On Behalf Of The WIIA.^{(15 Dec 99)}

• Surgeon General Releases Report on Mental Health: NAMI Applauds Report as Foundation for Action ^{(13 Dec 99)}

• Are You Ready for the Surgeon General's Report? ^{(3 Dec 99)}

• A Mission Forgotten: The Failure of the National Institute of Mental Health to do Sufficient Research on Severe Mental Illnesses ^{(6 Dec 99)}

• HUD Announces Award Of 1999 Housing Funds For The Section 811 Program ^{(22 Nov 99)}

• Congress And The President Reach Agreement On Budget And Work Incentives Legislation ^{(19 Nov 99)}

• Abuse of Restraints & Seclusion Reported Since The Hartford Courant Investigation ^{(25 Mar 99 - Updated: Oct 99)}

• JCAHO Provides NAMI With Helpful Clarification; NAMI Remains Gravely Concerned With Certain Draft Restraint And Seclusion Standards ^{(17 Nov 99)}

• Congress Close To Agreement On The Work Incentives Improvement Act ^{(16 Nov 99)}

• Women At Risk: Women And Mental Health ^{(10 Nov 99)}

• Joint Commission Seeks Comments On Its Proposed Restraint And Seclusion Standards ^{(8 Nov 99)}

• Work Incentives Improvement Act Update: House And Senate Conferees Selected, Final Push Needed For WIIA Passage Before Adjournment ^{(2 Nov 99)}

• CARF ACT Standards Inadequate - Not Researched Evidence-Based ^{(1 Nov 99)}

• House Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill - With Funding For Mental Illness Research And Services, Presidential Veto Expected ^{(29 Oct 99)}

• Momentum Continues As Senate Committee On Finance Conducts Public Hearing On Use Of Restraint And Seclusion ^{(27 Oct 99)}

• Congress And The President Agree On Housing Funds For Adults With Severe Mental Illnesses And Other Disabilities ^{(21 Oct 99)}

• House Passes Work Incentives Improvement Act 412-9 ^{(20 Oct 99)}

• House Ways And Means Committee Passes Work Incentives Reform Bill, House Floor Action Next Week Possible ^{(15 Oct 99)}

• House Passes Managed Care Patient Bill Of Rights; Senate Adds Additional Funds For The Mental Health Block Grant ^{(8 Oct 99)}

• Congress Moves Forward On FY 2000 Spending Bills Covering Mental Illness Research And Services ^{(5 Oct 99)}

• Senate Chairman To Hold Hearing On Abuse Of Seclusion & Restraints In Psychiatric Facilities ^{(1 Oct 99)}

• Federal Action Alert: House Set To Take Up Managed Care Patient Bill Of Rights Legislation Next Week ^{(30 Sep 99)}

• Congressional Briefing On Mental Health Courts ^{(27 Sep 99)}

• House-Senate Conference On Juvenile Justice Legislation Scheduled For Tomorrow, Thursday, September 23 ^{(22 Sep 99)}

• NAMI Submits Comments To HUD On 'One Strike' Regulations Regarding Eviction And Disqualification From Public Housing ^{(21 Sep 99)}

• NAMI Members Need To Send Comments On HFCA Restraint Rules By August 31, 1999 ^{(11 Aug 99)}

• Congress Begins August Recess - NAMI Advocates Urged To Meet With Members Of Congress During Month-Long Recess ^{(10 Aug 99)}

• Senators Domenici & Kennedy Introduce Child Suicide And Violence Research Bill- Senate Cosponsors Needed ^{(6 Aug 99)}

• Senate Committee Reports Dodd Restraints Legislation As Part of SAMSHA Reauthorization ^{(2 Aug 99)}

• Senate Committee Reports SAMSHA Reauthorization Bill - NAMI's Co-Occurring Disorders, Targeted Block Grant Proposals Rejected ^{(2 Aug 99)}

• Work Incentives Legislation Update: House Cosponsors Reach 225, Action Needed To Ensure House Passage Before Summer Recess Begins On August 6 ^{(30 Jul 99)}

• HHS Inspector General Calls For Greater Accountability By JCAHO; Report Reinforces NAMI's Call For Greater Restraint Legislation And Regulation ^{(27 Jul 99)}

• NAMI Hand-Delivers Letter To Attorney General In Reaction To Department Of Justice Report On Criminalization ^{(22 Jul 99)}

• Federal Action Alert: Wellstone Amendment Would Exempt People With Mental Illness From The Prison Litigation Reform Act, NAMI Advocacy Is Urgently Needed ^{(21 Jul 99)}

• Full Senate Passes Managed Care Patient Bill Of Rights Legislation, Clinton Threatens Veto, Action Now Shifts To The House ^{(20 Jul 99)}

• Clinton Administration Supports Assertive Community Treatment ^{(13 Jul 99)}

• HCFA Announces Restraints Rules ^{(9 Jul 99)}

• Full Senate Set To Take Up Managed Care Patient Bill Of Rights Legislation Next Week ^{(8 Jul 99)}

• White House Unveils Medicare Reform Proposal ^{(30 Jun 99)}

• State Commissioners Say No To Integrated Treatment ^{(28 Jun 99)}

• NAMI Targets State Legislatures With Recovery Initiatives ^{(25 Jun 99)}

• Update On State's Use Of Tobacco Settlement To Fund Treatment And Services For People With Mental Illnesses ^{(23 Jun 99)}

• Senate Passes Work Incentives Improvement Act 99-0; Action Now Shifts To House Ways And Means Committee ^{(16 Jun 99)}

• Rules Committee Considers Damaging Amendments To The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act ^{(15 Jun 99)}

• NAMI Executive Director Laurie Flynn Sends Letter To The Editor Of The New York Times Praising Support Of Insurance Parity ^{(10 Jun 99)}

• Congratulations To The NAMI Membership, White House Conference Reflects NAMI Message, National Leaders Embrace Needs Of People With Serious Brain Disorders ^{(8 Jun 99)}

• Radio Address Of The President To The Nation ^{(7 Jun 99)}

• "We’re ecstatic and exhilarated. People are being educated and empowered. But now, the hard work begins." ^{(7 Jun 99)}

• President Clinton Announces End To Discriminatory Federal Hiring Practices For People With Psychiatric Disabilities ^{(4 Jun 99)}

• Does Your Governor Support Federal Flexibility To Serve Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders? ^{(3 Jun 99)}

• A letter from NAMI executive director Laurie Flynn to Governor George Pataki of New York, in response to a report in the New York Times Magazine documenting the deplorable lack of treatment and services that are known to be effective and affordable for people with severe mental illnesses. ^{(2 Jun 99)}

• NAMI Action Alert: Contact House Judiciary Committee Regarding The Juvenile Justice Bill ^{(28 May 99)}

• Four Public Hearings Planned To Seek Recommendations To Improve Substance Abuse Treatment ^{(26 May 99)}

• White House Conference On Mental Health: "Working For A Healthier America" ^{(20 May 99)}

• Advocate Coalition For Appropriate Use Of Restraints ^{(19 May 99)}

• Senate Scheduled To Vote Tomorrow On Amendment To IDEA, Placing Students With Serious Brain Disorders At Risk ^{(17 May 99)}

• Oklahoma, New Jersey And Indiana Enact State Parity Laws ^{(14 May 99)}

• Proceeds from the Settlement Between Tobacco Companies and the States ^{(12 May 99)}

• Work Incentives Legislation Update: Bill Stalled In Senate ^{(12 May 99)}

• The National Regulation of Restraint Use in HCFA Funded Treatment Facilities: Some Questions and Answers ^{(6 May 99)}

• NAMI Applauds Colorado For Enacting Restraint Legislation ^{(6 May 99)}

• NAMI Submits Comments To NCQA On Accreditation Standards For Managed Care ^{(30 Apr 99)}

• NAMI Executive Director Laurie Flynn Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee ^{(29 Apr 99)}

• Consumer-Staffed Monitoring Teams In Managed-Care Assessment ^{(27 Apr 99)}

• Switch From SSI To SSDI Does Not Mean Loss Of Medicaid ^{(27 Apr 99)}

• Bioethics Commission Poised To Issue Report ^{(27 Apr 99)}

• Childhood Depression Awareness Day Offering Hope To Parents & Children Alike ^{(26 Apr 99)}

• New Report Highlights Growing Housing Crisis For People With Severe Mental Illness And Other Disabilities; Buying Power Of SSI Benefits In Housing Market Reaches Historic Low ^{(23 Apr 99)}

• Work Incentives Improvement Act Update: House Subcommittee Approves HR 1180, Next Stop Full Commerce Committee ^{(21 Apr 99)}

• Virginia And Montana Enact Parity Laws ^{(20 Apr 99)}

• Supreme Court Nears "Defining Moment" ^{(20 Apr 99)}

• Social Security Administration Increases Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Level To $700 A Month - Effective July 1, 1999 ^{(19 Apr 99)}

• Senators Domenici And Wellstone Introduce Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act Of 1999 ^{(16 Apr 99)}

• NAMI Testifies At U.S. Senate Hearing On Deaths From Restraints ^{(13 Apr 99)}

• Federal Action Alert: Grassroots Action Needed To Allow Block Grants To Effectively Serve Persons With Co-Occuring Disorders ^{(2 Apr 99)}

• New Survey Shows Positive Employer Compliance With Mental Health Parity Act Of 1996 And Negative Cost Impact ^{(1 Apr 99)}

• Federal Action Alert: Grassroots Action Needed To Enact Patient Freedom From Restraint Legislation ^{(31 Mar 99)}

• NAMI Testifies On Long-Term Disability Insurance Discrimination Against People With Serious Brain Disorders ^{(30 Mar 99)}

• Senate Committee Passes Managed Cared Patients' Bill Of Rights Legislation ^{(29 Mar 99)}

• FUNDING ALERT: HUD Issues Notices Of Funding Availability for Housing for Adults With Severe Mental Illnesses and Other Disabilities ^{(24 Mar 99)}

• NAMI To Release Summary of Restraints & Seclusion Abuse Reports ^{(24 Mar 99)}

• Increase In Substantial Gainful Activity Level Near Approval ^{(23 Mar 99)}

• Work Incentives Improvement Act Introduced In House, NAMI Testifies Before House Ways And Means Committee ^{(19 Mar 99)}

• Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Services For Student With Disability ^{(18 Mar 99)}

• Representatives Degette And Stark Plan Press Conference To Introduce Legislation Ending The Inappropriate Use Of Restraint ^{(15 Mar 99)}

• Joint Commission Schedules Hearings On Use Of Physical Restraints In Psychiatric Facilities And Establishes Toll Free Complaint Hot Line ^{(10 Mar 99)}

• Senator Wellstone Introduces Mental Health Juvenille Justice Act ^{(8 Mar 99)}

• Work Incentives Improvement Act Update: Finance Committee Approves S 331, Next Stop Senate Floor ^{(4 Mar 99)}

• NAMI Assists National Association Of Mental Health Planning And Advisory Councils (NAMHPAC) ^{(2 Mar 99)}

• New legislation Provides Full Parity for People with Severe Mental Illnesses and Ends Insurance Discrimination ^{(26 Feb 99)}

• Virginia Moves Toward Victory Over Insurance Discrimination ^{(22 Feb 99)}

• Congress Prepares to Act on Managed Care Patient Bill of Rights Legislation ^{(19 Feb 99)}

• House Committee Moves Forward On SSI Fraud And Abuse Prevention Legislation ^{(17 Feb 99)}

• Use Of Restraints And Seclusion ^{(17 Feb 99)}

• Senate Work Incentives Legislation Gains Support, More Than 50 Cosponsors Now On Board; NAMI Submits Testimony In Support Of Jeffords-Kennedy Bill ^{(16 Feb 99)}

• Vice President Proposes New Regulation To Improve Work Incentives For People With Disabilities, Including People With Serious Brain Disorders ^{(12 Feb 99)}

• NIMH and the National Advisory Mental Health Council Stand Up for Consumer Participation and Increased Protections in Research ^{(10 Feb 99)}

• NAMI Members Speak Out At Forum Held By The Joint Commission On Accreditation Of Healthcare Organizations ^{(4 Feb 99)}

• Clinton Administration Releases its FY 2000 Budget Proposal ^{(2 Feb 99)}

• NAMI Files Amicus Brief in Lewis Case ^{(25 Jan 99)}

• President Clinton Announces White House Conference on Mental Health in the State of the Union and Urges Passage of the Work Incentives Improvement Act ^{(20 Jan 99)}

• NAMI Comments on the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Regulations ^{(15 Jan 99)}

• White House Announces Proposal to Increase Mental Health Block Grant Funding and to Amend Personnel Rules for Federal Workers With Mental Illnesses ^{(14 Jan 99)}

• President and Key Senate Leaders Endorse Work Incentives Legislation ^{(13 Jan 99)}

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