NAMI Advocacy Actions

Letter to Senators Cornyn and Klobuchar, urge the passage of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022 which would reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP).

Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee leadership, expressing support for H.R. 7254, the Mental Health Justice and Parity Act of 2022, which would help expand crisis service behavioral health providers and close a gap in health insurance coverage for MH/SUD treatment for frontline workers.

Letter to Senate HELP and House Energy & Commerce Committees leadership, expressing support for the Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022 (S.3686/H.R.7249), which will reauthorize and expand the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.

Letter to Senate HELP and House E&C Committees, urging a prevention and early intervention set-aside in the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) as the committees reauthorize programs administered by SAMHSA.

Letter to Representatives Schrier and Miller-Meeks, expressing support for the introduction of H.R. 7076, the Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022, which would reauthorize the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program at the Health Resources and Services Administration for five years and make program improvements.

Letter to Senators Murphy and Cassidy, expressing support for the introduction of S. 3864, the Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022, which would reauthorize the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program at the Health Resources and Services Administration for five years and make program improvements.

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.

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 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 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.