1/27/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
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2020 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 …
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1/20/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
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2020 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 …
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1/13/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Behavioral Health, children's mental health, children's mental health matters, crisis services, keep the door open, legislative briefing, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland General Assembly, Maryland Mental Health, Maryland Parity, MHAMD, MHAMD Briefing
Happy 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 …
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2019 Millman Report Press Release
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Amidst 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 …
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