NAMI works with policymakers to advance priority issues and ensure that the voice of people affected by mental illness is considered in policymaking. Read NAMI’s recent letters to federal leaders, submitted comments and testimony and other resources.
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Letter to CDC Director on Covid-19
09/22/2021
Letter to CDC Director Walensky, asking for the inclusion of mental illnesses giving rise to increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 to the CDC’s list of medical conditions of heightened threat.
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Funding
09/20/2021
Letter to Senators Murray and Burr, Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, urging the committee to take up and pass S. 485, The Family Support Services for Addiction Act, which would provide $25 million in grant funding for family support services.
Statement on Health Coverage & Medicaid
09/20/2021
Statement commending the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees for expanding access to adequate and affordable health care in reconciliation legislation this week.
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Maternal Mental Health
09/17/2021
Letter to Congressional Leadership, expressing support for the maternal health provisions included in the House Energy & Commerce Committee print of the Build Back Better Act and urging Congress to swiftly enact these provisions.
Letter to Senator Murray on Parity
09/10/2021
Letter to Sen. Murray, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, urging support for a legislative provision in the budget reconciliation to enforce the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.