AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

H. Res. 480, Acknowledging the racial disparities in diagnosing and treating mental health among youth in communities of color H.R. 1554, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act H.R. 1763 / S. 348, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 H.R. 2734 / S. 1448, the Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act H.R. 3180/ S. 1770, the RISE from Trauma Act H.R. 3239/ S. 2135, the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act H.R. 3253, the Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act H.R. 3417, BETTER Act of 2019 H.R. 4194/S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019 H.R. 4309, the Barriers to Suicide Act H.R. 4327, the Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act H.R. 4861/ S. 3006, the Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act H.R. 4932 / S. 2741, the CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 4995, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2019 H.R. 5201, the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019 H.R. 5473, the Enhance Access to Support Essential Behavioral Health Services Act H.R.5469/ S.4388, the Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act of 2019 H.R.5575, the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 Out of network billing legislation S. 1227, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 S. 2443, the Investment in Tomorrow's Pediatric Health Care Workforce Act S. 824, the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act S.1659, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019 Title III Sec. 305 Timely Bills to Patients within the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S. 1895) Cures 2.0 Title X Family Planning Program Administration Rule Efforts related to psychiatric bed shortages. H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (MOMS) Act, and Senate efforts. S. 311, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act S. 3275, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act H.R. 4056 and S. 2446, the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019 H.R. 5575, the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act Telehealth provisions as related to Covid-19. H.R. 6644, the Health Care at Home Act Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 and related Medicare and Medicaid payment updates. Emergency financial relief and stability funding for 501(c)(6) tax-exempt medical and dental trade associations impacted by the pandemic H.R. 7078, the Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Emergency Act of 2020 (EDOT Act of 2020) H.R. 7255, the Coronavirus Health Care Worker Wellness Act of 2020 S. 3919, the Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act H.R. 7608, the Legislative Vehicle for the Fiscal 2021 Four-Bill Appropriations Package H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 5619/ S. 3198, the Suicide Prevention Act H.R. 4585, the Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act H.R. 1646/ S. 3244, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act of 2019 H.R. 2519/ S. 1334, the Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2019 H.R. 7147, the Creating Resources to Improve Situations of Inherent Severity Act (CRISIS Act) H.R. 7159/S. 4282, the Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 H.R. 7689, the Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act H.R. 8094/S. 4349, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 6561/S. 4440, the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act H.R. 7511/ S. 4211, the Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth in Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act H.R. 884 / S. 2772, the Medicare Mental Health Access Act H.R. 3935, the Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2020 S. Res. 738, Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as National Suicide Prevention Month S. 4113, the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy Act of 2020 (BRIDGE Act) H.R. 7859, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Supports for Schools Act S. 4421, the Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act H.R. 8141, the Strengthening Mental Health Supports for BIPOC Communities Act HR 7510, the Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making Act of 2020 or AHEAD Act H.R. 5469/S.4388, the Mental Health Equity Act of 2020 H.R. 7059, the Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, S. 3792, the Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act of 2020. HR 6810 to provide COBRA subsidies for unemployed and furloughed individuals during COVID H.R. 7593/S. 4103, the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act H.R. 6645, the Mental Health Research Act H.R. 5201, the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019 H.R. 6561/S. 3595, the Ensuring Understanding for COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act S. 4524, the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency & Accessibility for Information Navigation (ATTAIN) on Mental Health Act H.R. 6800/H.R. 8406, the HEROES Act S. 4230, the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020 H.R. 7391, the Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020 H.R. 7760, To make a supplemental appropriation for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program of the Federal Communications Commission for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 H.R.8067, the Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act H.R. 2862, the VACCINES Act of 2019 (G6 letter for internal purposes) Efforts related to Collaborative Care Model S. 3197, the Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Act H.R. 6139, the COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020 H.Res. 908 (S.Res. 580) Condemning all forms of Anti-Asian Sentiment as related to COVID-19 H.R. 6585, the Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act H.R. 7078, the EDOT Act of 2020 HR 7077, the Community Solutions for COVID-19 Act H.R. 7780, the Virtual Community Support Act of 2020 H. R. 8016, the Peer Assisted Relief Through Empathetic Resources and Supports (PARTNERS) Act H. R. 8206, the Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare Act of 2020 (PEERS Medicare Act of 2020) 2021 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, E/M (H.R. 8702; H.R. 8505; S. 4932) H.R. 9035, the Permanency for Audio Only Telehealth Act H.R. 7663, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 H.R. 8283/S. 4421 TREAT Act H.R. 2482/S. 2074 Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019 Misuse of race data within clinical algorithms.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 2772 (116th), H.R. 2734 (116th), H.R. 1646 (116th), H.R. 6585 (116th), H.Res. 908 (116th), H.R. 3417 (116th), H.R. 7255 (116th), H.R. 6139 (116th), S. 3244 (116th), H.R. 7859 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), S. 3006 (116th), H.R. 4194 (116th), H.R. 5469 (116th), S. 1659 (116th), S.Res. 738 (116th), S. 3197 (116th), S. 824 (116th), H.Res. 480 (116th), H.R. 3180 (116th), S. 2661 (116th), H.R. 4995 (116th), H.R. 7510 (116th), H.R. 1763 (116th), H.R. 7147 (116th), H.R. 8283 (116th), H.R. 6561 (116th), S. 348 (116th), H.R. 4932 (116th), S. 3792 (116th), H.R. 7391 (116th), H.R. 3253 (116th), H.R. 1554 (116th), H.R. 5575 (116th), H.R. 7760 (116th), H.R. 4327 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), S. 2135 (116th), H.R. 4585 (116th), S. 3198 (116th), S. 4282 (116th), S. 4524 (116th), H.R. 8067 (116th), H.R. 4564 (116th), S. 2741 (116th), H.R. 7159 (116th), H.R. 7539 (116th), S. 4113 (116th), H.R. 8505 (116th), S. 3919 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), S. 4211 (116th), S. 3275 (116th), H.R. 8094 (116th), S. 1448 (116th), S. 4103 (116th), H.R. 7780 (116th), H.R. 7078 (116th), H.R. 4056 (116th), H.R. 3239 (116th), S.Res. 580 (116th), H.R. 4309 (116th), H.R. 7663 (116th), H.R. 4861 (116th), H.R. 6645 (116th), S. 4932 (116th), H.R. 4996 (116th), H.R. 8206 (116th), H.R. 8141 (116th), H.R. 8702 (116th), H.R. 6810 (116th), S. 4230 (116th), S. 1227 (116th), H.R. 7059 (116th), H.R. 5473 (116th), S. 4486 (116th), S. 4388 (116th), H.R. 3935 (116th), H.R. 7608 (116th), H.R. 5201 (116th), H.R. 5619 (116th), H.R. 2862 (116th), H.R. 2482 (116th), H.R. 8406 (116th), S. 1334 (116th), H.R. 6644 (116th), H.R. 7077 (116th), H.R. 884 (116th), H.R. 9035 (116th), S. 2446 (116th), S. 3595 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), S. 4349 (116th), S. 4421 (116th), S. 1770 (116th), H.R. 7689 (116th), S. 4440 (116th), S. 2074 (116th), S. 2443 (116th), H.R. 8016 (116th), S. 311 (116th), H.R. 2519 (116th), H.R. 7511 (116th), H.R. 7593 (116th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 1329, the Medicaid Re-Entry Act S. 2746, the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act H.R. 5909/S. 3312, the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020 S. 4441, the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) Act

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 3312 (116th), S. 4441 (116th), H.R. 1329 (116th), S. 2746 (116th), H.R. 5909 (116th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 2767, the Supporting Eating disorders Recovery through Vital Expansion Act (SERVE Act) H.R. 6395, the William Mack Thornberry National Defense Authorization for FY 2021 H.R. 7474, the Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act Uniform Services University of Health Services funding.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; SENATE; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 2767 (116th), H.R. 7474 (116th)

Veterans VET

S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 8125/S. 2919, the Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act H.R. 8108, the VA Serious Mental Illness Act H.R. 8144, the VA Mental Health Staffing Act H.R. 8033, the Access to Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act H.R. 8068, the American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act H.R. 7879, VA Telehealth Expansion Act H.R. 8247, the Veterans COMPACT Act

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8108 (116th), S. 785 (116th), H.R. 8144 (116th), H.R. 8068 (116th), H.R. 8247 (116th), H.R. 8033 (116th), H.R. 8125 (116th), S. 2919 (116th), H.R. 7879 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1329, the Medicaid Reentry Act H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 H.R. 3925, the Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: H.R. 1839 (116th), H.R. 1329 (116th), H.R. 3925 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 7617, FY2021 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, including programs and initiatives related to mental health and substance use disorders operated by HHS, NIH, SAMHSA, CDC, HRSA H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 7617 (116th), H.R. 133 (116th)

Insurance INS

H.R. 3165 / S. 1737, the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act; Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act H.R. 2279/ S. 2546, the Safe Step Act H.R. 3630, the No Surprises Act H.R. 2874/ S. 1576, the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2019 H.R. 3107, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act Efforts to increase compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3165 (116th), S. 1737 (116th), H.R. 2874 (116th), S. 1576 (116th), S. 2546 (116th), H.R. 3630 (116th), H.R. 2279 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th)

Immigration IMM

International medical graduates and visa extensions. H.R. 2895/ S. 948, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 6788/S. 3599, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act DACA status protections for healthcare workforce members. Efforts to better control confidential therapy records sharing for detained children. Additional efforts RE: child separation.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 948 (116th), S. 3599 (116th), H.R. 6788 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th)

Education EDU

H.R. 1109/ S. 1122, the Mental Health Services for Students Act S. 1782, the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act H.R. 7293 / S. 2492, the Suicide Training and awareness nationally delivered for universal prevention act (STAND UP Act) H.R. 2431 / S. 2550, the Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019 H.R. 3414/ S. 2892, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 Efforts related to safety of children going back to school during COVID-19.

Contacted: Office of the Vice President of the United States; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1782 (116th), S. 2492 (116th), H.R. 7293 (116th), S. 2550 (116th), H.R. 1109 (116th), S. 2892 (116th), H.R. 2431 (116th), H.R. 3414 (116th), S. 1122 (116th)