2021

Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee leadership expressing support for the nomination of Dr. Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon as the next Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and OMB Acting Director Young urging a timely release of the report on resources necessary to make 988 operational and effective and asking that the President's budget requests in future fiscal years reflect the report's recommendations.

Letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to pair recent investments in broader mental health services with a directed investment to build out a national 988 crisis infrastructure of crisis call centers, mobile crisis teams and stabilization services.

Testimony to U.S. House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies regarding NAMI's FY 2022 funding priorities, including crisis services.

Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership, urging support for H.R. 3013, the "COVID Vaccine Transportation Access Act," which would help support non-emergency medical transportation options to vaccine sites for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Letter to CMS CCIIO Director Lorenzo providing recommendations concerning network adequacy review for marketplace health insurance plans.

Coalition regulatory comments to HHS Secretary Becerra expressing support for Virginia's 1115 waiver amendment extending Medicaid postpartum coverage up to 12 months.

Coalition statement urging Congress and the Biden Administration to include additional health care priorities in the next legislative package.

Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership urging consideration of legislation that was passed last Congress to help prevent suicide, enable diagnosis and treatment for substance use disorders, and provide overall support patients with mental health conditions.

Letter to US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, sharing recommendations for model state legislation on extreme risk protection orders (ERPO).