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1/24/2022 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Behavioral Health, community behavioral health providers, crisis services, legislative reception, Maryland, Maryland General Assembly, Maryland Mental Health, Maryland Parity, Mental Health, Mental Health Insurance, MHAMD, MHAMD Briefing, parity, substance use, subtance use

2022 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 and concerns specific to children, youth and families with mental health and substance use needs. CBHC works to ensure children across Maryland have equitable access to high quality and culturally …

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3/8/2021 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update

Tags: Advocacy, community behavioral health providers, keep the door open, legislative reception, Legislative Wrap-Ups, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland General Assembly, Maryland Insurance Administration

Download our complete bill list.   2021 Keep the Door Open Update Things are moving right along in Annapolis! The legislature is taking action on a variety of measures that address the priority areas outlined in the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s 2021 Keep the Door Open Agenda. Public Behavioral Health System of Care In January 2020, the …

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2/15/2021 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, community behavioral health providers, keep the door open, legislative briefing, legislative reception, Maryland, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland General Assembly, Maryland Mental Health

Download our complete bill list.  MHAMD Legislative Briefing The 2021 Legislative Briefing is a week from today! If you haven’t already, please register and join us on Monday, February 22. The event this year is entirely virtual and free to all. Attendees will hear directly from legislators and policymakers about important behavioral health bills and initiatives covering a …

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1/11/2021 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update

Tags: Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, community behavioral health providers, grassroots organizing, health insurance, keep the door open, legislative briefing, Legislative Wrap-Ups, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland General Assembly, Maryland Insurance Administration, Maryland Parity, Mental Health, MHAMD, Network Adequacy, resources

It’s a new year and the Maryland General Assembly is set to convene for the 442nd time this Wednesday, January 13 at noon. This session will look and feel a lot different than usual – most of the proceedings will be conducted virtually – but the resulting policy and budgetary actions will impact Marylanders just the same. …

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Hundreds Rally on Lawyer’s Mall to “Keep the Door Open!”

Tags: Advocacy & Public Policy, All Categories, Behavioral Health, community behavioral health providers, grassroots organizing, Maryland, Maryland Mental Health, Mental Health, rally, substance use

  More than 500 consumers, family members and advocates gathered in Annapolis February 25 at the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s Keep the Door Open Rally to appeal for increased access to behavioral health services for those living with mental health and substance use disorders. Resolute voices echoed from Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis, repeating the mantra …

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