NAMI works with policymakers to advance priority issues and ensure that the voice of people affected by mental illness is considered in policymaking. Read NAMI’s recent letters to federal leaders, submitted comments and testimony and other resources.
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Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Mental Health Funding
06/30/2021
Letter to Senators Stabenow and Blunt, expressing support for the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (S. 2069), which would allow every state & territory to join the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration & would authorize investments in the model for current and prospective CCBHCs.
Amicus Brief on Medicaid
06/30/2021
Amicus Brief in Doyle v. Tidball, asking that the Court reverse the opinion of the circuit court regarding Missouri Medicaid expansion.
Letter on Health Coverage
06/18/2021
Letter to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, expressing concerns from the mental health and SUD community about UnitedHealthcare’s new policy to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency care.
Letter on Health Coverage
06/16/2021
Letter to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, expressing concerns about UnitedHealthcare’s new policy to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency care.
Letter to HHS Secretary on Crisis Services
05/24/2021
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and OMB Acting Director Young urging a timely release of the report on resources necessary to make 988 operational and effective and asking that the President's budget requests in future fiscal years reflect the report's recommendations.
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Crisis Services
05/21/2021
Letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to pair recent investments in broader mental health services with a directed investment to build out a national 988 crisis infrastructure of crisis call centers, mobile crisis teams and stabilization services.