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Legislation

Laws & Regulations

Criminal Justice
Children's Mental Health Issues
Housing
Mental Health Services for Older Persons

Parity

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Prevention/General Health
Suicide Prevention

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Veterans' Mental Health Issues
Financing
Workforce Issues

 


Financing

Senate Briefing held about the Impact of the States’ Economic Crisis on America’s Public Mental Health Safety Net


Parity

Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S. 558)
Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 1424)


Housing

Services for Ending Long-Term Homelessness Act (SELHA)
S. 709

H.R. 1471


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
H.R. 1443

Keeping Families Together Act
S. 382

H.R. 687


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


Mental Health Services for Older Persons

Positive Aging Act of 2007
S. 982

H.R. 1669

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)

Prevention/General Health

HeLP America Act (S. 1074)

Policy

Position Statements

Public Behavioral Health Care Policy

 

 
   
   
   
   
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