Legislation
Regulations and Other Federal
Register Notices
Legislation
Parity
Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S. 558) (pdf)
Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 1424) (pdf)
Housing
Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act (SELHA)
S. 709 (pdf)
H.R. 1471 (pdf)
Criminal Justice
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004
(Signed by President Bush on October 30, 2004) (P.L.
108-732)
Children's Mental Health Issues
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act (S. 3449)
School Mental Health Services
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007 (S. 1332)
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007 (H.R. 3430)
Special Education
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
(Signed by President Bush on December 3, 2004) (P.L.
108-446)
Custody Relinquishment
Dylan Lee James Act (Family Opportunity Act)
S. 183 (pdf)
H.R. 1443 (pdf)
Keeping Families Together Act
S. 382 (pdf)
H.R. 687 (pdf)
Suicide Prevention
Indian Youth Telemental Health Demonstration Project Act (passed by the Senate on May 11, 2006) (S. 2245)
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act
(Signed by President Bush on October 21, 2004) (P.L.
108-355)
Veterans' Mental Health Issues
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act (passed by the House on March 22, 2007) (H.R. 327)
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act (S. 479)
Workforce Issues
Child Healthcare Crisis Relief Act
H.R. 2073 (pdf)
Mental Health Services
for Older Persons
Positive Aging Act of 2007
S. 982 (pdf)
H.R. 1669 (pdf)
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).
Pathays to Independence Act
S. 1730
(pdf)
Prevention/General Health
HeLP America Act
S. 1074 (pdf)
Regulations and Other Federal Register
Notices
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 - 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)]
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.
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)
Co-Occurring Mental Illness
and Substance Abuse Disorders
Request for comments regarding the development of a Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report to Congress
(March 6, 2002 Federal Register)
Medicaid
Citizenship Requirement
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)
Interim final rule with comment period on citizenship guidelines for Medicaid eligibility (July 6, 2006 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)].
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) (October 10, 2006)
Proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and CY 2007 payment rates (August 23, 2006 Federal Register). This proposed rule includes a proposal to reduce the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) per diem payment rate by 15 percent in CY 2007.
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)
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)
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
Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Inpatient Psychiatric
Facilities
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
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
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Interim Final Rule regarding reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program (June 29, 2006
Federal Register)
