CMHDA tracks federal legislation of relevance to local mental health directors and the communities they serve. The following links provides information on those issues that CMHDA has identified as high priority issues.
Federal Legislative and Public Policy Highlights
- Coalition for Whole Health, "Healthcare Reform Letter to the Congressional Leadership" (January 12, 2010) (Posted: January 15, 2010) (Link)
- CSAC Health Reform Letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (January 15, 2010) (PDF 72 KB)
- CSAC Health Reform Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (January 15, 2010) (PDF 72 KB)
- CSAC Comments, "County Thoughts on the Next Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver" (January 14, 2010) (PDF 27 KB)
- Side-by-Side Comparison: NACo House-Senate Health Reform Legislation (December 24, 2009) (PDF 142 KB)
- HR 3590 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) - Senate Manager’s Amendment: Section‐by‐Section Analysis (December 2009) (PDF 468 KB)
- CSAC Federal Reform Fact Sheets
- Kaiser Family Foundation Side-by-side of House & Senate proposals (August 5, 2009) (PDF Link)
- APHA Comparison of House Tri-Committee Proposal and Senate HELP Proposal (Updated: July 16, 2009; Posted: August 7, 2009) (PDF Link)
- Governor Schwarzenegger's Letter to Congress on Health Care Reform (July 31, 2009) (PDF 67 KB)
- AHP Behavioral Health Parity Series, White Paper #1: Environmental Scan Parity (June 2009) (PDF 600 KB)
- “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” Health Care Provisions” (Strategic Health Care, Feb. 23, 2009)
- CMHDA Summary: Federal Economic Stimulus Package (February 18, 2009) (PDF 111 KB)
Federal Legislation
For More Information
- Patricia Ryan, MPA – Executive Director
Contact for information pertaining to federal issues and the federal budget
pryan@cmhda.org