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Alternatively, you can visit 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to talk via phone or live webchat. The Mental Health Association of Maryland provides free informational resources, which are currently available by download or by mail.
Keep the Door Open 2020 An inability to access quality mental health and substance use disorder services in the community is forcing more individuals into costly emergency departments or discouraging them from seeking care at all. Accordingly, MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition have prioritized legislation that will expand access to crisis response services …
Read moreKeep the Door Open 2020 Given a recent national report documenting widening disparities in access to in-network behavioral health services, MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition are once again calling on Maryland legislators to take action that will guarantee consumer payment protections for out-of-network care and ensure the appropriate enforcement of federal and state parity laws. A new …
Read more2020 MHAMD Bill List 2020 Legislative Briefing and Reception This is the week! The MHAMD 2020 Legislative Briefing and Reception is this Thursday, January 30 at the Graduate Annapolis Hotel. In addition to our keynote and panel discussion focused on addressing the behavioral health needs of children with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), we will hear directly from policymakers about a range of …
Read more2020 MHAMD Bill List 1/17/2020 Behavioral Health FY21 Budget ALERT In recent years, thanks to an outpouring of support from people across the state, MHAMD and its partners on the Behavioral Health Coalition have been successful in securing long-overdue multiyear funding increases for community mental health and substance use treatment. Unfortunately, the Fiscal Year 2021 budget submitted to …
Read moreHappy New Year! Today the Maryland General Assembly begins the first full week of the 2020 legislative session. Elected officials will spend the next few months debating Maryland’s budget and over 2,000 legislative proposals covering an array of issues. As in years past, MHAMD expects to play a major role in these deliberations as we work to ensure …
Read moreAmidst Opioid and Suicide Crisis, Disparities in Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Increased in Maryland and Across the Country; Maryland’s Outpatient Access 4th Worst in Nation; Disparities Worse for Children ANNAPOLIS, November 20, 2019 — In the midst of an opioid epidemic and soaring suicide rates, Marylanders are finding it increasingly …
Read moreFor Immediate Release February 1, 2019 MHAMD Honors Former Maryland State Senators Kasemeyer and Middleton, Delegate Sample-Hughes, Behavioral Health Administration’s Merrick at 2019 Legislative Briefing Author and Mental Health Advocate Sue Klebold to Deliver Keynote; MD Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford to Speak on Hogan Administration’s Behavioral Health Priorities Lutherville, Md. — The Mental Health …
Read more1. Current regulations went into effect in January of 2010. The Wellstone and Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, but Interim Final Regulations were released in 2010. All insurance plans that are not specifically exempted from the law must now be in compliance.
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