Statement for the Record on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Statement for the Record to Senate Finance Committee on the hearing, “Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part I - An Advisory and Call to Action.”
Statement for the Record to Senate Finance Committee on the hearing, “Protecting Youth Mental Health: Part I - An Advisory and Call to Action.”
Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure, thanking the CMS for the agency’s recent decision to remove a financial barrier to Medicaid coverage by rejecting and phasing out premiums in Section 1115 waivers.
Letter to the FDA regarding reporting and treatment recommendation updates to the Clozapine Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) surveillance system.
Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, urging continued support for civil monetary penalty authority for the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA).
Letter to Administrator Brooks-LaSure, requesting that CMS take action to address a the lack of timely operating room access for individuals with disabilities in need of dental surgical services.
Regulatory comments to VA Secretary McDonough, commenting in favor of the proposal to eliminate copayments for outpatient care and reduce the copayment for medications dispensed to Veterans identified by VA as being at high risk for suicide.
Letter to U.S. Surgeon General Murthy, asking for the creation and distribution of a public education campaign on social media usage targeted at youth, their parents, and guardians to raise public awareness of this issue informed by science.
Letter to Appropriations Committee leadership, requesting $3.75 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo, urging the Committee to include the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (“NOPAIN”) Act (S. 586) in the mental health legislative package currently under development.
Letter to Congressional bill sponsors in support of H.R. 3173/S. 3018, The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act, which would improve the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage.
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