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NASMHPD will work with states, federal partners, and stakeholders to promote wellness, recovery, and resiliency for individuals with mental health conditions or co-occurring mental health and substance related disorders across all ages and cultural groups, including: youth, older persons, veterans and their families, and people under the jurisdiction of the court.
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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.
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Affordable Housing: The Role of the Public Behavioral Health System - 10/11
The Arizona Tragedy - 1/11
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Workforce and the Public Mental Health System - 1/11
NASMHPD Policy Brief: Health Information Technologies (HIT) and the Public Mental Health System - 12/10
Seclusion and Restraint Position Statement as Revised by NASMHPD Forensic Division and Accepted by NASMHPD Membership - 7/15/07
Smoking Policy and Treatment in State Operated Psychiatric Hospitals - 7/10/06
Services and Supports to Trauma Survivors - 1/20/05
A Framework for Comprehensive State Mental Health Systems - 9/04
State Psychiatric Hospital Patient Cemeteries - 7/31/01
Mental Health Services in a Juvenile Justice Population - 4/01
Comment Letters
Comment Letter to Representatives Walden and Pallone on Inclusion of HR 3545 in the Energy and Commerce Opioid Legislation - 4-6
NASMHPD Letter to Labor and HHS Subcommittees on the Cuts to the Mental Health Block Grant
NASMHPD Files Response to CMS Request for Information on Accelerating the Move to HCBS
Comments on the Energy and Commerce Committee Digital Health Care Initiative
Recommended Behavioral Health Measures for Consideration
Model Legislation on Network Adequacy and Peer Support
NASMHPD Comments on the Draft 2015-2018 Strategic Plan
Comments on SAMHSA Public Listening Session on Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records
Senate Finance Committee Letter Regarding Mental Health Finance Issues
NASMHPD Letter to MedPAC on Medicare Part B Coverage of Peer Support Services - 10-7-16
January 2017 Mental Health Liaison Group Letter to Congress on Maintaining Access to Behavioral Health Benefits
March 2017 Letter to Congress on Medicaid Reform from the Mental Health Liaison Group
NASMHPD Letter to SAMHSA on the Need to Align 42 CFR Part 2 with HIPPA - 2-27-18
NASMHPD Letter on Physician Shortage Legislation - 10-4-17
NASMHPD Comment Letter on Part D Protected Classes