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2025 Access to Care Agenda It’s a busy week in Annapolis! Many of the bills prioritized in the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s 2025 Access to Care Agenda have hearings scheduled over the next few days, including the following important initiatives. Prohibiting Balance Billing (HB 11) – The Maryland General Assembly passed a law in 2022 …
Read moreMaryland’s Behavioral Health Workforce Data from an alarming new assessment of Maryland’s behavioral health workforce highlights an escalating crisis in access to mental health and substance use care. According to the report, completed pursuant to 2023 legislation spearheaded by the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, the state’s current behavioral health workforce is 50 percent smaller than …
Read moreHappy New Year! This is the first full week of the 2025 legislative session and the Maryland General Assembly is already in full swing. Elected officials will work over the next few months to balance a nearly $3 billion budget deficit and debate over 2,000 legislative proposals covering a range of topics. MHAMD will play a …
Read moreEnforcing Mental Health and Substance Use Parity Laws MHAMD and partners are urging the General Assembly to pass legislation this year that would strengthen parity compliance reporting requirements for health insurance companies (carriers) and increase the Maryland Insurance Administration’s (MIA) parity enforcement authority. HB 1074/SB 684 and HB 1085 would implement recommendations from the MIA’s 2023 Interim Report on …
Read moreEqual Treatment Maryland With just four weeks left before the Maryland General Assembly adjourns on April 10, MHAMD and our coalition partners are working overtime to enact policies that will better ensure access to mental health and substance use care when and where needed. We are seeing a lot of progress, but we need your help to get some …
Read moreACTION ALERTS! Time is winding down for the 2023 Maryland legislative session. With just five weeks left, we need your help to get some of our priority issues over the finish line. Visit our Action Center to make your voice heard on any or all of the following issues. Collaborative Care Model SB 101/HB 48 will expand access to the …
Read moreACTION ALERTS! The 2023 Maryland legislative session is halfway over. With just six weeks left, we need your help to get some of our priority issues over the finish line. Visit our Action Center to make your voice heard on any or all of the following issues. Collaborative Care Model SB 101/HB 48 is critical legislation that will expand access …
Read moreMaryland Senate Announces Support for Behavioral Health Package Big news from Annapolis! A bipartisan group of Maryland senators came together Friday to announce their support for a package of behavioral health bills that includes a number of priorities for MHAMD, the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, and the Children’s Behavioral Health Coalition. Among other initiatives, senators …
Read moreEqual Treatment Maryland Things are moving along at full speed in Annapolis! The legislature has already held hearings on a number of our priority items, with a number of hearings scheduled this week as well. 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis Prevention Platform 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis Prevention Platform Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) The Senate …
Read moreEqual Treatment Maryland Things are moving right along in Annapolis. The legislature will hear testimony this week on one of the Behavioral Health Coalition’s priority bills, and another piece of the 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis Prevention Platform has just been introduced. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on legislation designed to improve the quality …
Read more2023 Children, Youth and Families Agenda The Children’s Behavioral Health Coalition (CBHC) brings together state and local advocacy groups with a focus on policy issues specific to children, youth and families with mental health and substance use needs. CBHC believes Maryland can prevent lengthy, unnecessary hospital stays for youth and reduce youth suicide by expanding …
Read moreHappy New Year! This is the first full week of the 2023 legislative session and the Maryland General Assembly is already in full swing. Elected officials will spend the next few months hammering out Maryland’s budget and debating over 2,000 legislative proposals covering a variety of issues. MHAMD will play a major role in these deliberations as we work to …
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