3/22/2021 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Behavioral Health, Community Engagement, grassroots organizing, keep the door open, Maryland General Assembly, Mental Health, MHAMD
2021 Keep the Door Open Update MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition have been working tirelessly over the past few months in support of a robust and ambitious policy agenda to expand access to quality mental health and substance use services. With just three weeks left until the Maryland General Assembly adjourns on April 12, here …
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1/11/2021 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
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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3/2/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
Advocacy, Advocacy, Advocacy & Public Policy, Behavioral Health, grassroots organizing, help, hope, Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition, Maryland Insurance Administration, Maryland Parity, Mental Health, MHAMD, parity, Parity laws
What a week! Thank you to everyone who came out for the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s 2020 Keep the Door Open Rally. Hundreds of you flooded Annapolis to demand a restoration of nearly $25 million in budget cuts to community mental health and substance use treatment, the appropriate enforcement of federal and state parity laws, and the rest of the Coalition’s 2020 Legislative Agenda. Thank …
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New consumer advocate finds her voice
Adults, Behavioral Health, grassroots organizing, health insurance, Maryland, Maryland Mental Health, Maryland Parity, Mental Health, Network Adequacy, parity
A guest post from consumer advocate Jessica S.: As a consumer of behavioral health services for many years, it was not until I pursued specialty treatment for PTSD that I learned the depth of the injustice to behavioral health consumers done by insurance companies. It was an accepted norm that the therapy I needed would …
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Maryland breaks the ice about stigma
Advocacy & Public Policy, All Categories, Behavioral Health, grassroots organizing, Maryland, Maryland Mental Health, Mental Health, stigma, substance use, volunteer
Last month, six individuals left California on a 5 million-step cross-country marathon called The IceBreaker Run to start a dialogue about the barriers that exist between mental illness and mental health.
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Join MHAMD’s volunteer Citizen Action Team
Advocacy & Public Policy, All Categories, Behavioral Health, grassroots organizing, Maryland, Maryland Mental Health, Mental Health, volunteer
Want to learn more about behavioral health topics? Interested in volunteering with the Mental Health Association of Maryland? Join the Citizen Action Team! The Citizen Action Team brings together consumers, providers, advocates, and passionate individuals to help those living with mental illness and addiction pursue fulfilling lives. With the Citizen Action Team, you will have …
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Hundreds Rally on Lawyer’s Mall to “Keep the Door Open!”
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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