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Community
Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Block Grant
Comments regarding the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) proposed Community Mental Health Services Block Grant application and guidance--February 29, 2008
Comments regarding the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) proposed Community
Mental Health Services Block Grant application and guidance - May 15, 2007
Request for comments regarding a revised application for the Community
Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Block Grant (March 29, 2007 Federal Register)
Comments regarding the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) proposed Community
Mental Health Services Block Grant application and guidance - Feburary
17, 2004
Request for comments regarding a revised application for the Community
Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Block Grant (December
16, 2003 Federal Register)
Background
on the Community Mental Health Services Performance Partnership Block
Grant - July 23, 2003
Comments regarding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) plan for implementing a performance partnership for administration
of the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant; Response to a December
24, 2002 Federal Register notice - February 24, 2003
Request for comments regarding the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) plan for converting the Community Mental
Health Services Block Grant into a Community Mental Health Services
Performance Partnership Block Grant (December 24, 2002 Federal Register)
[the Federal Register notice is in two parts: (1) pages 78490–78496
(pdf)
and (2) pages 78496–78504 (pdf)]
President's New Freedom
Initiative
Comments
submitted to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson regarding the announcement of the New Freedom Initiative
- August 27, 2001
President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
The
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, charged with
advising the President on methods of improving the mental health delivery
system and conducting a comprehensive study of the mental health service
delivery system, released its final report Achieving
the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America July 22, 2003.
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Interim
Report to the President, released October 29, 2002.
Comments
submitted to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health regarding
its Interim Report to the President - March 6, 2003
Statement
of Robert W. Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, to the President's New
Freedom Commission on Mental Health - July 18, 2002
Campaign for Mental
Health Reform
NASMHPD has partnered with 15 organizations to establish the Campaign
for Mental Health Reform in order to promote the goals of the final report
of the President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and to advocate for federal
policies delivered to achieve these goals. For more information, visit
the Campaign for Mental
Health Reform Web site.
Mental Health Parity
NASMHPD letter supporting H.R. 1424, the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 - May 1, 2007
Criminal Justice / Mental
Health
NASMPHD is a key participant of the Criminal
Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project, a national effort coordinated
by the Council of State Governments to help local, state, and federal
policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals improve
the way in which we care for people with mental illness who become involved
in, or are at risk of involvement in, the criminal justice system. The
Council
of State Governments' Criminal Justice/ Mental Health Consensus Report
was released in June 2002.
NASMHPD has been working with the TAPA
Center for Jail Diversion, a branch of the National GAINS Center,
through their contract with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), on jail diversion strategies and activities in
the states.
Testimony of Ron Honberg on behalf of the Campaign for Mental Health Reform regarding
S. 1194, "The Mentally Ill Offender and Crime Reduction Act of 2003" before
the Senate Judiciary Committee - July 30, 2003
Medicaid
Targeted Case Management
Letter to Representatives Dingall (D-MI) and Murphy (R-PA) supporting H.R. 5613, the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the Interim Final Rule on Coverage for Medicaid coverage of case management services, as published in the Federal Register, December 4, 2007.
Interim Final Rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding targeted case management services on December 4, 2007
Rehabilitation Option
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the Interim Final Rule on Coverage for Rehabilitative Services under the Medicaid program, as published in the Federal Register, August 13, 2007.
Proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding Rehabilitative Services Option on August 13, 2007 Federal Register).
Medicaid Managed Care
Final rule amending the Medicaid regulations to implement the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (June 14, 2002 Federal Register)[the Federal
Register notice is in three parts: (1) pages 40989–41037
(pdf),
(2) 41038-41087 (pdf)
and (3) 41088-41116 (pdf)]
Citizenship Requirement
Interim final rule with comment period on citizenship guidelines for Medicaid eligibility (July 6, 2006 Federal Register)
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Response to an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period on Citizenship Guidelines for Medicaid Eligibility (August 11, 2006)
Medicare
Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs)
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Response to a Proposed Rule to Reduce Payment for Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs) (August 2, 2007 Federal Register)
Proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and CY 2008 payment rates (August 2, 2007 Federal Register). This proposed rule includes a proposal to reduce the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) per diem payment rate by 24 percent in CY 2008.
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for reviewing prescription drug plan formularies (March 2006)
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Response to Draft Guidelines for Reviewing Prescription Drug Plan Formularies (March 16, 2006)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding
the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (January 28, 2005 Federal
Register)
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding
the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
(MMA): Response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal
Register (August 3, 2004) – October 4, 2004
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement
and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)(August 3, 2004 Federal Register)
Medicare Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) for Inpatient Psychiatric
Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding the Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System Update for Rate Year Beginning July 1, 2006 (May 9, 2006 Federal Register)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding
a Medicare PPS for inpatient psychiatric facilities (November 15, 2004 Federal Register)
Comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding
a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facilities - February
25, 2004
Letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Thomas
Scully regarding the development of an interim PPS under Medicare - March
11, 2003
Letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Thomas
Scully regarding the development of an interim PPS under Medicare - April
9, 2002
Veterans' Mental Health Issues
NASMHPD submitted a statement to the Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force on Mental Health. The Task Force, charged with examining matters relating to mental health and the Armed Forces, will submit a report to Secretary of Defense with an assessment of, and recommendations for improving the efficacy of mental health services provided to service members by the DoD (March 1, 2007).
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Final modifications to the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable
Health Information (Privacy Rule) (August 14, 2002 Federal Register)
Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office
for Civil Rights regarding the proposed privacy regulation, Standards
for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information: Response
to a Proposed Rule in the Federal Register (March 27, 2002) - April 26,
2002
Reauthorization of the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Testimony of Carlos Brandenburg, Ph.D., Administrator of the Nevada Division of
Mental Health and Developmental Services, regarding the reauthorization
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
before the Senate Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services,
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions – November 4,
2003
Testimony of Michael Faenza, President and CEO of the National Mental Health Association,
regarding the reauthorization of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) before the Senate Subcommittee on Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services, Committee on Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions – November 4, 2003
Testimony
of Martha B. Knisley, Director of the District of Columbia Department
of Mental Health, regarding the reauthorization of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) before the Senate Subcommittee
on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Committee on Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions - July 15, 2003
Co-Occurring
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Report
to Congress on the Prevention and Treatment of Co-Occurring Substance
Abuse Disorders and Mental Disorders - November 2002
Request for comments regarding the development of a Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report to Congress
(March 6, 2002 Federal Register)
Comments submitted to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) regarding the development of its report to Congress on services
for individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders
- April 8, 2002
Seclusion
and Restraint in Psychiatric Treatment Settings
Final rule; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions
of Participation; Patients’ Rights (December 8, 2006 Federal Register)
Letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) objecting to any weaking of rules governing seclusion and restraint procedures in hospitals that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs - November 21, 2006.
Statement of Andrew Hyman, J.D., Director of Government Relations and Legislative
Counsel, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding
federal roles pertaining to the use of seclusion and restraint in psychiatric
treatment settings - October 29, 2002.
Interim final rule; amendment and clarification with request for comment
regarding the use of restraint and seclusion in psychiatric treatment
facilities providing inpatient psychiatric services to individuals under
21 (May 22, 2001 Federal Register)
Interim final rule; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions
of Participation; Patients’ Rights (July 2, 1999 Federal Register)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant was reauthorized under Title VII of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171).
Interim Final Rule regarding reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program (June 29, 2006 Federal Register)
Pathays to Independence Act
S. 1730 (pdf)
Other
Letter
to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson Regarding
NASMHPD Priorities - May 18, 2001
NASMHPD's Testimony on FY 2009 Federal Funding for Mental Health Services Submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
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