NAMI Advocacy Actions

Letter to Energy and Commerce House Subcommittee Leadership expressing support for H.R. 909/S. 484, the "Moms Matter Act," which would address the need for culturally congruent collaborative maternity care models.

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.

Statement of principles on child and adolescent mental and behavioral health.

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

Letter to Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor on key principles and recommendations to protect patients from surprise medical bills as the Administration continues in the rulemaking process around the No Surprises Act.

Letter to Express Scripts, expressing concern regarding Express Scripts’ 2021 National Preferred Formulary Exclusion List placement of Parkinson’s and tardive dyskinesia medications.

Statement calling on states to take advantage of new federal funding for community-based mental health services.

Letter to Appropriations Committee Leadership, requesting $606M to fund the Safe Schools National Activities Program and $300M for the State Personnel Development Grants to help address the shortage of school-based mental health professionals.

Letter to Appropriations Committee Leadership, expressing support of funding for Consumer Assistance Programs (CAPs) in the FY 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.