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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. -
Congressional Testimony on Mental Health Funding and Crisis Services
Outside Witness Testimony from NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer to the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, thanking subcommittee members for prioritizing critical mental health programs in FY 24 and asking for continued investment in addressing the mental health crisis in FY 25. -
Regulatory Comment to the Bureau of Justice Statistics on Criminal Justice and Research and Treatment Innovation
Comment to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in support of efforts to collect information through the tool, “Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death,” and recommending the tool collect information on mental health treatment and diagnosis to document the disproportionate use of capital punishment toward people with serious mental illness. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage
Letter to Congressional leadership re-introducing the Partnership to Protect Coverage and requesting a meeting to discuss issues impacting the patient and consumer community. -
Letter to Bureau of Justice Statistics on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails
Letter sent to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in response to their request for public comment on the reinstatement of the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Workforce, Medicare, and Crisis Services
Letter in support of the Peers in Medicare Act, which would expand peer services in community Medicare settings and expand peer support in integrated care and as part of mobile crisis. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Funding and Criminal Justice
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, requesting $520 million for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne JAG) and $40 million for the implementation of the Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act, in the Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. -
Regulatory Comment to the Department of Defense on Veterans’ Mental Health and Health Coverage
Regulatory comment to the Department of Defense indicating support of the recommendations proposed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in GAO-24-106597, Defense Health Care: DOD Assessment Needed to Ensure TRICARE Behavioral Health Coverage Goals Are Being Met.