Position Statements and Policy Briefs
Position Statements and Policy Briefs
The position statements and policy briefs listed below help guide NASMHPD as it develops and promotes mental health policy. Each position statement and policy brief was reviewed and approved by the NASMHPD Board of Directors and then referred to and approved by the full NASMHPD membership.
Policy Statement on Tobacco Cessation in all Behavioral Health Settings (link is external)
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Affordable Housing: The Role of the Public Behavioral Health System - 10/11 (link is external)
The Arizona Tragedy - 1/11 (link is external)
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Workforce and the Public Mental Health System - 1/11 (link is external)
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Health Information Technologies (HIT) and the Public Mental Health System - 12/10 (link is external)
Seclusion and Restraint Position Statement as Revised by NASMHPD Forensic Division and Accepted by NASMHPD Membership - 7/15/07 (link is external)
Smoking Policy and Treatment in State Operated Psychiatric Hospitals - 7/10/06 (link is external)
Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors - 1/20/05 (link is external)
A Framework for Comprehensive State Mental Health Systems - 9/04 (link is external)
State Psychiatric Hospital Patient Cemeteries - 7/31/01 (link is external)
Mental Health Services in a Juvenile Justice Population - 4/01 (link is external)
- NASMHPD Policy Brief: Financing and the Public Mental Health System - 12/10 (link is external)
- Repeal of the Medicaid IMD Exclusion - 6/6/00
- Culturally Competent and Linguistically Appropriate Mental Health Services - 6/6/00
- Seclusion and Restraint -7/13/99
- Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors - 12/7/98
- Mental Health Block Grant Formula - 12/16/97
- Laws Providing For the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Criminal Offenders - 9/9/97
- Insurance Discrimination Against Individuals with Mental Illness - 12/10/96
- Employment and Rehabilitation for Persons with Severe Psychiatric Disabilities - 12/10/96
- Consumer Contributions to Mental Health Service Delivery Systems - 12/89
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Comment Letters
Comment Letters
NASMHPD Letter to Congressional Leaders on Inclusion of 42 CFR Part 2 Alignment Legislation in the Final Opioids Legislation (link is external)
Comment Letter to Representatives Walden and Pallone on Inclusion of HR 3545 in the Energy and Commerce Opioid Legislation - 4-6 (link is external)
NASMHPD Letter to Labor and HHS Subcommittees on the Cuts to the Mental Health Block Grant (link is external)
NASMHPD Files Response to CMS Request for Information on Accelerating the Move to HCBS (link is external)
Comments on the Energy and Commerce Committee Digital Health Care Initiative (link is external)
Recommended Behavioral Health Measures for Consideration (link is external)
Model Legislation on Network Adequacy and Peer Support (link is external)
NASMHPD Comments on the Draft 2015-2018 Strategic Plan (link is external)
Comments on SAMHSA Public Listening Session on Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (link is external)
Senate Finance Committee Letter Regarding Mental Health Finance Issues (link is external)
NASMHPD Letter to MedPAC on Medicare Part B Coverage of Peer Support Services - 10-7-16 (link is external)
January 2017 Mental Health Liaison Group Letter to Congress on Maintaining Access to Behavioral Health Benefits (link is external)
March 2017 Letter to Congress on Medicaid Reform from the Mental Health Liaison Group (link is external)
NASMHPD Letter to SAMHSA on the Need to Align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPPA - 2-27-18 (link is external)
NASMHPD Letter on Physician Shortage Legislation - 10-4-17 (link is external)
NASMHPD Comment Letter on Part D Protected Classes (link is external)