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2/27/2024 Legislative Update
February 29th, 2024
Enforcing Mental Health and Substance Use Parity Laws MHAMD and partners are urging the General Assembly to pass legislation this year that would strengthen parity compliance reporting requirements for health insurance companies (carriers) and increase the Maryland Insurance Administration’s…
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3/13/23 Weekly Legislative Update
March 21st, 2023
Equal Treatment Maryland With just four weeks left before the Maryland General Assembly adjourns on April 10, MHAMD and our coalition partners are working overtime to enact policies that will better ensure access to mental health and substance use care when and where needed. We are seeing a lot…
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3/6/23 Weekly Legislative Update
March 21st, 2023
ACTION ALERTS! Time is winding down for the 2023 Maryland legislative session. With just five weeks left, we need your help to get some of our priority issues over the finish line. Visit our Action Center to make your voice heard on any or all of the following issues. Collaborative…
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2/27/23 Weekly Legislative Update
March 21st, 2023
ACTION ALERTS! The 2023 Maryland legislative session is halfway over. With just six weeks left, we need your help to get some of our priority issues over the finish line. Visit our Action Center to make your voice heard on any or all of the following issues. Collaborative Care…
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2/21/23 Weekly Legislative Update
March 21st, 2023
[caption id="attachment_13896" align="alignleft" width="369"] Photo Credit: Danielle E. Gaines[/caption] Maryland Senate Announces Support for Behavioral Health Package Big news from Annapolis! A bipartisan group of Maryland senators came together Friday to announce their support for a package of…
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2/13/23 Weekly Legislative Update
March 21st, 2023
Equal Treatment Maryland Things are moving along at full speed in Annapolis! The legislature has already held hearings on a number of our priority items, with a number of hearings scheduled this week as well. 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis Prevention Platform 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis…
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1/30/23 Weekly Legislative Update
February 27th, 2023
Equal Treatment Maryland Things are moving right along in Annapolis. The legislature will hear testimony this week on one of the Behavioral Health Coalition's priority bills, and another piece of the 2023 Behavioral Health Crisis Prevention Platform has just been introduced. The Senate Finance…
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1/23/23 Weekly Legislative Update
February 27th, 2023
2023 Children, Youth and Families Agenda The Children's Behavioral Health Coalition (CBHC) brings together state and local advocacy groups with a focus on policy issues specific to children, youth and families with mental health and substance use needs. CBHC believes Maryland can prevent lengthy,…
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1/16/23 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
February 21st, 2023
Happy New Year! This is the first full week of the 2023 legislative session and the Maryland General Assembly is already in full swing. Elected officials will spend the next few months hammering out Maryland's budget and debating over 2,000 legislative proposals covering a variety of…