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Statement on Criminal Justice, Health Equity and Social Supports
Statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass, emphasizing that the Court’s decision will have devastating consequences on the large and growing number of Americans experiencing homelessness, including people with mental health disabilities. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Funding and Parity
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting $40 million for the Employee Security Benefits Administration (EBSA) in the Labor-HHS appropriations bill for FY 2025 to review health plans’ parity compliance analyses. -
Letter to HHS and Departments of Labor and Treasury on Parity
Letter urging the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury to finalize the proposed rules to strengthen the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity Act) of 2008, which will make a significant difference in improving access to the substance use disorder and mental health treatment that people need and deserve. -
Amicus Brief on Health Coverage and Health Equity
Amicus brief filed for C.P. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, emphasizing that Third Party Administrators must not be allowed to contract around their legal obligation not to discriminate under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. -
Letter to Biden Administration on Mental Health Funding and Social Supports
Letter requesting the Biden Administration maximize existing caregiver resources and programs within the federal government with the creation of an Office of Caregiver Health. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Medicare and Telehealth
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to urge a full committee mark up in support of the two-year delay of the six-month in-person requirement to access telemental health services under Medicare. -
Regulatory Comment to HUD on Criminal Justice, Health Equity and Social Supports
Regulatory comment addressed to Acting HUD Secretary Todman in support of the HUD’s efforts to decrease barriers to HUD housing programs for formerly incarcerated and convicted people as exemplified in the proposed rule, “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” (FR-6362-P-01). -
Regulatory Comment to HUD on Health Equity and Social Supports
Regulatory comment addressed to Acting HUD Secretary Todman in support of the HUD’s proposed rule, “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” (FR-6362-P-01), and making recommendations to improve the rule for people with disabilities. -
Regulatory Comment to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury on Parity
Letter urging the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury to immediately finalize the proposed rule, “Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.” -
Advocacy Resource on Health Equity, Social Supports and Research and Treatment Innovation
NAMI’s comments in response to the NIMH RFI on social determinants of health, urging NIMH to fund research that moves beyond identifying social determinants of mental health disparities, and instead identify state/community level solutions that have successfully addressed these drivers and strategies for scaling up these solutions at the federal level.