news
1/27/25 Legislative Update
January 27th, 2025
2025 Access to Care Agenda It's a busy week in Annapolis! Many of the bills prioritized in the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition's 2025 Access to Care Agenda have hearings scheduled over the next few days, including the following important initiatives. Prohibiting Balance Billing (HB 11) -…
news
1/20/2025 Legislative Update
January 21st, 2025
Maryland's Behavioral Health Workforce Data from an alarming new assessment of Maryland's behavioral health workforce highlights an escalating crisis in access to mental health and substance use care. According to the report, completed pursuant to 2023 legislation spearheaded by the Maryland…
news
1/13/2025 Legislative Update
January 15th, 2025
Happy New Year! This is the first full week of the 2025 legislative session and the Maryland General Assembly is already in full swing. Elected officials will work over the next few months to balance a nearly $3 billion budget deficit and debate over 2,000 legislative proposals covering a range of…
news
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…
news
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…
news
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…
news
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…
news
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…
news
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…