Progress on Advancing the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (H.R 2035/ S. 870)
The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) launched its psychological well being workforce discussion draft element of its psychological well being legislative package deal (a abstract could also be discovered here). We’re happy to report two of three provisions of the Improving Entry to Psychological Well being Act are included in part 12 of the dialogue draft. These provisions embrace permitting medical social staff to offer Half B companies to residents of expert nursing amenities and permitting medical social staff to invoice for HBAI companies.
We have now taken an array of actions to affect what provisions had been included within the SFC payments, together with the next letters. We additionally mobilized Nationwide Affiliation of Social Staff (NASW) Chapters and members and labored in coalition with different organizations.
NASW’s letters:
Additional, all three provisions of the Bettering Entry to Psychological Well being Act, are additionally included within the Well being Fairness and Accountability Act (H.R. 7585/S. 4486).
We want to thank NASW management and members for his or her continued advocacy that contributed to those essential developments to advance entry to care and to strengthen the social work workforce. We’ll proceed to offer common updates because the Senate continues to develop its complete psychological well being and Substance Use Dysfunction laws and can name on you to assist be sure that these essential provisions are enacted into regulation.
