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  • Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Covid19 & Mental Health Funding

    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.
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    https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Letter-to-Congressional-Committee-Leadership-on-Co.pdf (opens in new tab)
  • Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Medicare

    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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    https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Letter-to-Congressional-Bill-Sponsors-on-Medicare-1.pdf (opens in new tab)
  • NAMI Praises Mental Health Investments in President Biden’s FY 2023 Proposed Budget

    NAMI is grateful that the President’s budget includes such an unprecedented focus on mental health and we urge the House and Senate to prioritize mental health by enacting these key provisions of the President’s budget into law.
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  • It’s Time for New Standards for Mental Health Care

    Our current standards for treating mental illness are inherently flawed.
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  • NAMI Praises Enactment of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Supporting Provider Mental Health

    NAMI celebrates the recent enactment of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. NAMI is grateful for the commitment of health care professionals who continue to brave the front lines every day, and we applaud this new law for helping to save lives.
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  • Letter to the Biden Administration on Mental Health Funding

    Letter to White House Social Secretary Elizondo asking about observing Mental Health Awareness Month by lighting The White House green on May 1, 2022.
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    https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Letter-to-the-Biden-Administration-on-Mental-Healt.pdf (opens in new tab)
  • NAMI Celebrates the Introduction of the 988 Implementation Act to Improve Crisis Services Nationwide

    The 988 Implementation Act is a critical piece of legislation that will help us realize the potential of 988 to truly help people in crisis connect to effective care and make sure everyone has someone to talk to, someone to respond and somewhere to go in a crisis.
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  • How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care

    People who experience a mental health crisis deserve a mental health response, not a criminal justice response.
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  • NAMI Applauds Key Mental Health Investments Made in FY 2022 Federal Budget

    With funding for this year nearly settled, Congress now must continue to increase this commitment to mental health. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation’s mental health crisis is finally receiving the attention it demands.
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  • Statement on Health Coverage

    Statement on consensus health care reform principles, including affordability, accessibility, adequacy and comprehensiveness.
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