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. 1109, the Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019 H.R. 1554, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act H.R. 1763 / S. 348, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 H.R. 2279/ S. 2546, the Safe Step Act H.R. 2482/ S. 2074, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment 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. 3414/ S. 2892, the Opioid Workforce 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. 5, the Equality Act 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, 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. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 2895/ S. 948, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization 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 H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and more. 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 Recommendations on confidential mental health records sharing. H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 5619, the Suicide Prevention Act H.R. 4585, the Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act H.R. 1646, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act of 2019 H.R. 2519, 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 21st Century Cures Act, RE: Opioid State Targeted Response Grants 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. 1763, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 (Sen. Gardner - Energy and Commerce) 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. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity 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 H.R. 7663, the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 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 S. 4441, the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) Act

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

Bills named: S. 3006 (116th), H.R. 6561 (116th), S. 824 (116th), H.R. 1554 (116th), S. 2892 (116th), H.R. 4327 (116th), H.R. 2279 (116th), S. 4441 (116th), H.R. 3935 (116th), H.R. 4056 (116th), S. 311 (116th), H.R. 4585 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 5473 (116th), H.R. 6139 (116th), H.R. 6644 (116th), S. 1770 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th), S. 4282 (116th), H.R. 5201 (116th), H.R. 7510 (116th), S. 4349 (116th), H.R. 2519 (116th), H.R. 7078 (116th), H.R. 884 (116th), H.Res. 480 (116th), S. 4421 (116th), H.R. 7859 (116th), H.R. 8141 (116th), H.R. 1109 (116th), H.R. 5 (116th), S. 1448 (116th), H.R. 6645 (116th), H.R. 7059 (116th), S.Res. 580 (116th), S. 4103 (116th), S. 2443 (116th), S. 4388 (116th), S. 2446 (116th), H.R. 4996 (116th), S. 3595 (116th), H.R. 4995 (116th), H.R. 7159 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 3414 (116th), H.R. 7255 (116th), S. 4524 (116th), H.R. 7689 (116th), H.R. 4861 (116th), S. 948 (116th), H.R. 3417 (116th), S. 4113 (116th), H.R. 7760 (116th), S. 4230 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 2482 (116th), H.R. 8406 (116th), H.R. 7608 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), S. 2772 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), H.R. 5469 (116th), H.R. 7663 (116th), S. 3197 (116th), S. 3792 (116th), S. 2661 (116th), S. 4486 (116th), S. 2074 (116th), H.R. 7593 (116th), H.R. 5575 (116th), H.R. 4932 (116th), S. 2741 (116th), H.R. 8094 (116th), H.R. 4564 (116th), H.R. 1646 (116th), H.Res. 908 (116th), H.R. 3180 (116th), H.R. 7511 (116th), S. 1659 (116th), H.R. 7077 (116th), H.R. 6585 (116th), S. 2135 (116th), H.R. 2862 (116th), S. 4440 (116th), H.R. 5619 (116th), H.R. 6810 (116th), S. 2546 (116th), H.R. 7147 (116th), S. 3919 (116th), H.R. 3253 (116th), S. 1227 (116th), S. 4211 (116th), S. 348 (116th), H.R. 4309 (116th), H.R. 2734 (116th), H.R. 7539 (116th), H.R. 4194 (116th), H.R. 8067 (116th), H.R. 7391 (116th), H.R. 3239 (116th), S.Res. 738 (116th), H.R. 1763 (116th), S. 3275 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services funding, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 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 HR 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 COVID-19 funding in support of research

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

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th), S. 4049 (116th), H.R. 7617 (116th)

Education EDU

H.R. 1109, the Mental Health Services for Students Act S. 1782, the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act H.R. 2599/ 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, the Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 Efforts related to safety of children going back to school during COVID-19.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2431 (116th), H.R. 3414 (116th), H.R. 1109 (116th), S. 1782 (116th), H.R. 2599 (116th), S. 2550 (116th), S. 2492 (116th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 1329, the Medicaid Re-Entry Act S. 2746, the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act

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

Bills named: S. 2746 (116th), H.R. 1329 (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: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

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

Insurance INS

H.R. 3165 / S. 1737, the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act; Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act H.R. 2279, 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: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

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

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Sec. 1557 of the ACA, Efforts to weaken nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals Health and Human Services Grants Regulation Proposed Rule, RIN 0991-AC16

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 7474 (116th), H.R. 2767 (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 - VA Serious Mental Illness Act H.R.8144 - 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: Office of the Vice President of the United States; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 7879 (116th), H.R. 8144 (116th), S. 785 (116th), H.R. 8033 (116th), H.R. 8125 (116th), H.R. 8247 (116th), H.R. 8108 (116th), H.R. 8068 (116th), S. 2919 (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: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

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