The following are letters to legislators which SARDAA has signed onto in support of changes that will improve the lives of those affected by psychosis.
- MHLG Support for Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention (STANDUP) Act
- Letter to Chairman Walden, and Ranking Member Pallone, House of Representatives requesting changes to HR 5797 to equitably lift the IMD exclusion in its entirety
- Statement on Recent Press and Public Discourse About the Mental Health Status of Public Figures
- Request to the Senate Appropriations Committee to include report language within the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 LHHS appropriations bill to conduct an interagency report at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the role each agency plays in addressing gaps in maternal mental health for new and expectant mothers.
- Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) to Congressman Norcross expressing strong support for the Parity Enforcement Act (H.R. 2848).
- Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) to Representatives Katko and Napolitano extending support for the Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2019 (H.R. 2431)
- Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) to Senate Appropriations supporting the Inclusion of Schizophrenia in National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System (NNCSS)
- Letter to HHS Secretary Azar opposing ending the 50-year-old assurance of NEMT for Medicaid patients, including the aged, blind, persons with disabilities and children entitled to the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit.
- Letter from the Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) to Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee expressing strong support for full funding of the Compassionate Communication on HIPAA provisions authorized under Subtitle C, Title XI, Section 11004 of the 21st Century Cures Act. (P.L. 114-255)
- Letter to HHS Secretary, Price, commenting on Massachusetts’ proposed amendment to its 1115 Demonstration Waiver, known as MassHealth.
- Letter requesting consideration to modify Title III Sec. 305 Timely Bills to Patients within the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S. 1895) in order to best serve patients seeking brain illness health care services.