AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

Defense DEF

H.R. 2767, the Supporting Eating disorders Recovery through Vital Expansion Act (SERVE Act) HR 6395, FY2021 Defense Authorization

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

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

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. 2062 / S. 1012 (42 CFR Part 2) 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. 2862, the VACCINES Act of 2019 H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 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 Suggestions related to addressing mental health in rural communities. 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, the provider fund (for MH funding), 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, Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act H.R. 7608, Legislative Vehicle for the Fiscal 2021 Four-Bill Appropriations Package H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act Recommendations on confidential mental health records sharing. 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.884/S. 2772, the Medicare Mental Health Access Act 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, the Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 21st Century Cures Act, RE: Opioid State Targeted Response Grants S.4088, the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act H.R. 6159, the KIDS Access to Primary Care Act S. 3741, the Health Care at Home Act S. 3792, the Tele-mental Health Improvement Act H.R. 6697, the Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 7255 (116th), H.R. 5 (116th), H.Res. 480 (116th), H.R. 7147 (116th), H.R. 4995 (116th), H.R. 1763 (116th), H.R. 2862 (116th), S. 348 (116th), S. 2546 (116th), S. 1770 (116th), H.R. 4309 (116th), H.R. 1554 (116th), H.R. 2734 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 3239 (116th), S. 1448 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th), H.R. 884 (116th), S. 2892 (116th), H.R. 7608 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 5575 (116th), H.R. 5201 (116th), S. 3792 (116th), S. 4088 (116th), H.R. 2482 (116th), H.R. 3417 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 6159 (116th), H.R. 2062 (116th), S. 1659 (116th), S. 3006 (116th), H.R. 6697 (116th), S. 1012 (116th), S. 2661 (116th), H.R. 2519 (116th), H.R. 5473 (116th), H.R. 7078 (116th), H.R. 3180 (116th), S. 948 (116th), H.R. 6788 (116th), H.R. 4932 (116th), S. 3741 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), H.R. 2279 (116th), H.R. 4194 (116th), H.R. 7159 (116th), H.R. 3253 (116th), S. 2446 (116th), H.R. 4996 (116th), S. 2772 (116th), H.R. 4056 (116th), H.R. 1109 (116th), S. 2741 (116th), H.R. 3414 (116th), S. 2443 (116th), S. 2135 (116th), S. 3275 (116th), H.R. 4585 (116th), H.R. 5469 (116th), H.R. 3 (116th), S. 3919 (116th), H.R. 4327 (116th), H.R. 5619 (116th), H.R. 1646 (116th), S. 824 (116th), H.R. 4564 (116th), S. 3599 (116th), H.R. 4861 (116th), S. 1227 (116th), S. 311 (116th), S. 2074 (116th), H.R. 6644 (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: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of the Vice President of the United States

Veterans VET

S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 2931, the Securing the Rights our Veterans have Earned Act of 2019 (SERVE Act of 2019)

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

Bills named: H.R. 2931 (116th), S. 785 (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 Executive Order Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nations Seniors.

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Crisis intervention and suicide prevention services funding, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 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, FY2021 Defense Authorization S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021; and H.R.6395 - William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 COVID-19 funding in support of research H.R. 7617, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2021 H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), S. 4049 (116th), H.R. 7617 (116th), H.R. 748 (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: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of the Vice President of the United States

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

Immigration IMM

International medical graduates and visa extensions. DACA status protections for healthcare workforce members. Efforts to better control confidential therapy records sharing for detained children. Additional efforts RE: child separation.

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

Education EDU

H.R. 1109, Mental Health Services for Students Act S. 1782 Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act H.R. 2599/ S. 2492 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

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

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