Sentences with phrase «mental health care bills»

Crime victims often face terrible financial burdens, like medical and mental health care bills, and also experience trauma, pain, suffering and lost quality of life.

Not exact matches

Barack Obama signed a new bipartisan health bill into law on Tuesday that includes funding to expand access to mental health care, an issue that has been a priority for many Sandy Hook families.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

They also opposed a late amendment to the bill that would threaten essential benefits currently covered under Obamacare, including maternity care, preventive care, prescription drugs and mental health coverage.

«I can not support a bill that would have such a negative impact on children and families in need of mental health services and directly compromises four years of work that will demonstrably provide better and more accessible care for children,» Cuomo said.

«We now believe that the consequences of the bill will be entirely different from the principles which were originally set out, and do not consider that it will improve the health and care of people with mental illness.

Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik on Friday morning announced she had and a coalition of lawmakers had negotiated $ 15 billion in benefits care such as maternity, mental health and substance abuse treatment for the House GOP - backed health care bill.

«I can not support a bill that would have such a negative impact on children and families in need of mental health services and directly compromises four years of work that will demonstrably provide better and more accessible care for children,» Cuomo said in an explanation of his veto.

He said he could not support a bill that would have «such a negative impact» on children and families said the Legislature's plan «compromises four years of work» by the state on the Buffalo facility that he said will lead to better mental health care offerings for the region.

«Despite these substantial, tangible benefits, the Legislature advanced this bill, which effectively restricts access to mental health care in Western New York, reduces investments in community based services and is inconsistent with recent agreements negotiated with the Legislature during the annual budget discussions,» Cuomo wrote in the veto message.

Medicaid Reimbursement for School - Based Mental Health Services — Recommends exploring creating a Medicaid Billing Code for consultation time between mental health care providers, parents, and school persHealth Services — Recommends exploring creating a Medicaid Billing Code for consultation time between mental health care providers, parents, and school pershealth care providers, parents, and school personnel.

For instance, the bill is now set to gut maternity care: It could be amended to get rid of the «essential health benefits» provision, which requires the majority of health plans to cover services like maternity and newborn care, mental health services, and prescription drugs.

«The final omnibus spending bill is a huge win for America's babies, with an historic investment in child care funding for working families, as well as first - time funding for infant and early childhood mental health.