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3/9/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
March 9th, 2020
With just over four weeks left until the Maryland General Assembly adjourns at midnight on April 6, MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition are working overtime to ensure positive legislative and budgetary action to address the priorities outlined in the 2020 Keep the Door Open…
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3/2/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
March 2nd, 2020
What a week! Thank you to everyone who came out for the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition's 2020 Keep the Door Open Rally. Hundreds of you flooded Annapolis to demand a restoration of nearly $25 million in budget cuts to community mental health and substance use treatment, the…
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2/24/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
February 24th, 2020
This is a big week! The Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition will rally in Annapolis, several Coalition priorities are scheduled for committee hearings, and a number of other key policy measures will receive legislative consideration. Keep the Door Open Rally in Annapolis Thursday,…
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2/17/2020 MHAMD Weekly Legislative Update
February 18th, 2020
It's a busy week for MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition! Bill hearings are scheduled for many of the Coalition's Keep the Door Open 2020 priorities and the General Assembly will get it's first look at the FY 2021 Behavioral Health Administration budget. Here are some of…
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2/10/2020 MHAMD
Weekly Legislative Update
February 10th, 2020
Keep the Door Open 2020 An inability to access quality mental health and substance use disorder services in the community is forcing more individuals into costly emergency departments or discouraging them from seeking care at all. Accordingly, MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition…
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2/3/2020 MHAMD
Weekly Legislative Update
February 3rd, 2020
Keep the Door Open 2020 Given a recent national report documenting widening disparities in access to in-network behavioral health services, MHAMD and the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition are once again calling on Maryland legislators to take action that will guarantee consumer payment…
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1/27/2020 MHAMD
Weekly Legislative Update
January 27th, 2020
2020 MHAMD Bill List 2020 Legislative Briefing and Reception This is the week! The MHAMD 2020 Legislative Briefing and Reception is this Thursday, January 30 at the Graduate Annapolis Hotel. In addition to our keynote and panel discussion focused on addressing the behavioral health needs…
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1/20/2020 MHAMD
Weekly Legislative Update
January 21st, 2020
2020 MHAMD Bill List 1/17/2020 Behavioral Health FY21 Budget ALERT In recent years, thanks to an outpouring of support from people across the state, MHAMD and its partners on the Behavioral Health Coalition have been successful in securing long-overdue multiyear funding increases for community…
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1/13/2020 MHAMD Weekly
Legislative Update
January 13th, 2020
Happy New Year! Today the Maryland General Assembly begins the first full week of the 2020 legislative session. Elected officials will spend the next few months debating Maryland's budget and over 2,000 legislative proposals covering an array of issues. As in years past, MHAMD expects to play a…