NAMI Advocacy Actions

Letter to Congressional leadership, urging the enactment of Medicare mobile crisis intervention services in the Medicare program in the end-of-the-year legislative package.

Regulatory comments to HHS Secretary Becerra, commenting in favor of New Hampshire's Medicaid waiver extension request.

Letter to Attorney General Garland and DEA Administrator Milgram, urging action to ensure patients are able to continue receiving treatment where and when they need it once the PHE ends and until the promulgation of the Special Registration for Telemedicine Rules.

Letter to President Biden, urging the Administration to convene a summit of stakeholders from across the health care system to identify immediate and long-term solutions on the issue of emergency room boarding.

Regulatory comments to CMS, on the proposed rule, Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes.

Letter to Congressional leadership, urging immediate action to assure that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has the resources it needs through the FY23 President’s budget request to restore staffing after two years of record-high attrition.

Regulatory comments to CMS Administrator Brooks-Lasure, urging CMS to rescind 42 CFR §433.400 and no longer allow states to reduce Medicaid benefits or modify beneficiary cost-sharing while the state receives the enhanced FMAP.

Letter to Congressional leadership urging passage of the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, which would help college students with disabilities better access needed disability services.

Letter to Representatives Bass, Issa, Trone, and Chabot in support of H.R.8637, the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022, which would direct the U.S. Attorney General to develop training curricula to help educate law enforcement officers and covered mental health professionals about how best to respond to behavioral health crises.

Letter to President Biden marking the one-year anniversary of the national emergency declaration in children’s mental health.