NAMI Advocacy Actions

Letter to Senate Finance Committee Leadership, expressing support for the confirmation of Andrea Palm as the next Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Letter to CMS Acting Deputy Director Costello, requesting that CMS rescind the Interim Final Rule, 42 C.F.R. § 433.300, which weakens Medicaid beneficiary protections in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act maintenance of effort (MOE) provision.

Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership, urging support for H.R. 8020, the "Seniors Access to Vaccines Ensured (SAVE) Act" of 2021, which would create a temporary Medicare non-emergency medical transportation benefit during the public health emergency to transport seniors to and from COVID vaccination appointments.

Letter to Armed Services Committee Leadership, expressing support for the reintroduction of H.R. 1309/S. 194, the Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery Through Vital Expansion (SERVE) Act, which would improve access to care, early identification, & quality of care for servicemembers & military family members affected by eating disorders.

Letter to House Appropriations leadership, requesting $50M in funding shared evenly between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.

Letter to Senate Appropriations leadership, requesting $50M in funding shared evenly between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.

Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership, expressing thanks for providing $80 million in funding for the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the American Rescue Plan Act.

Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committees leadership, urging support for at least $750M for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant in the FY22 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

Letter to Representatives Tonko and Katko, expressing support for the reintroduction of H.R. 6645, the "COVID-19 Mental Health Research Act," which directs HHS to conduct or support research on the mental health consequences of COVID-19.

Regulatory comments to Federal Communications Commission Secretary Marlene Dortch, urging the FCC to implement the necessary guidance and principles to provide for the effective, standardized, and secure collection of 988 service fees.