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Advocacy & Public Policy

The Mental Health Association of Maryland works with legislators, public policy leaders, consumers, family members and mental health professionals to ensure that humane, effective and affordable services are available and accessible to those who need them.

2008 Public Policy Goals

2008 Final Legislative Report

Quarterly Public Policy Update

Click here to view State budget cuts that may affect mental health services directly or indirectly

MHAMD fact sheet Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Mental Health America's Parity Information

For information please contact:

Lisa Cuozzo
410.235.1178 ext. 208
Director, Public Policy
lcuozzo@mhamd.org

For children specific inquires:
Rachael Faulkner, MSW
410.235.1178 ext. 206
rfaulkner@mhamd.org

For aging specific inquires:
Kim Burton
Director, Older Adult Programs
410.235.1178 ext. 210
kburton@mhamd.org

"The moral test of government is how well that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children, those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly, and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."

Hubert H. Humphrey
1911-1978
 
"There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed."

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784