Sentences with phrase «including mental health legislation»

State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.

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It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

-- This legislation includes health and mental health spending of $ 7 billion.

NEW CITY — The Rockland County Legislature Tuesday night voted on three separate resolutions pressing both federal and state lawmakers in Albany to implement additional gun control and mental health legislation, including amendments to the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act.

Under the legislation, mental health first aid would be included among continuing education courses that teachers are required to receive every five years.

A bill introduced in the state Assembly would repeal numerous elements of the gun control legislation, including the five - year pistol permit recertification requirement, restrictions on firearms transfers and statutes pertaining to mental health.

He introduced and enacted legislation on a wide range of issues including expanding job opportunities for public housing residents; protecting the City's affordable housing stock; improving mental health resources for the LGBT community, and establishing work standards for industrial laundromats.

«The ARL has been working with Iowa lawmakers to include mental health evaluations for animal offenders, including animal hoarders — legislation that is currently stalled in both the House and Senate.

Bill 177 is omnibus legislation which, among other things, includes several changes relating to the enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA») and amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (the «WSIA») to include transition provisions for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board («WSIB») benefits claims due to chronic mental stress.

This includes advice on data protection and minimum alcohol pricing matters, with litigation experience in the CJEU, the Supreme Court and Court of Session on issues such as mental health, benefits legislation, fox hunting, planning and state aid.

Indeed, those with mental - health issues do not constitute a group that is included in hate - crime legislation.

From a legal point of view there are two priorities which stand out: Priority 2.3, to «uphold the rights of people living with mental health problems and illnesses,» which includes recommendations relating to the removal of barriers to full participation, stopping disclosure of police apprehensions under mental health acts for «police record checks,» aligning legislation and policies with the UN Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities, moving away from methods of seclusion and restraint, and supporting advocacy.

[3] The authorizing legislation for the property tax includes the following uses [RSMo 210.861.4]: (1) Up to thirty days of temporary shelter for abused, neglected, runaway, homeless or emotionally disturbed youth; respite care services; and services to unwed mothers; (2) Outpatient chemical dependency and psychiatric treatment programs; counseling and related services as a part of transitional living programs; home - based and community - based family intervention programs; unmarried parent services; crisis intervention services, inclusive of telephone hotlines; and prevention programs which promote healthy lifestyles among children and youth and strengthen families; (3) Individual, group, or family professional counseling and therapy services; psychological evaluations; and mental health screenings.

AAMFT will also continue advocating that the Senate include the MFTs in Medicare language in its mental health legislation.

The Washington state 2018 legislative session included an impressive amount of coverage of issues / bills / legislation related to children's mental health, child welfare, poverty reduction and other human services.

CWLA services include: advocating for children's mental health issues; lobbying for key legislation affecting welfare of children; and adoption advocacy.

Check out child welfare legislation enacted between 2012 - 2017, including legislation on topics such as child protection, kinship care, foster care, services for older youth, mental and behavioral health, and more.

While we remain optimistic that mental health legislation will move through this congress in the coming months, we continue to work to include language that will include MFTs as Medicare providers, as they should be.