Mental Health

Increasing Access-Promoting the Profession

NASW will work to promote full parity for mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment within the health care system.

Alerts

• Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act (9/23/09)
• New Law Expands Federal Health Privacy Requirements and Enforcement (03109)
• Medicare Bill Passes Senate; On Way to President for Signature
• Senate to Consider Mental Health Parity Act (H.R. 1424/S.558)
• Senate Prepares Final Vote on MH Parity Bill
• Action Needed Now: Medicare Bill Moves Back to Senate
• Urgent Action Request on House Medicare Bill
• Urgent Action Request from NASW
• Ask Your Representative Halt Medicaid Rules
• Critical Medicare Social Work Provisions Reach
• Ask Your Representative to Halt Medicaid Rules, Cosponsors Needed for the Protecting Medicaid Safety Net Act (H.R. 5613) (3/26/2008)
• Critical Medicare Social Work Provisions Reach Senate Finance Committee (11/30/07)
• Lobby Senate on Medicare SWRI Agenda (8/30/07)
• Critical Medicare Provisions for Social Workers Reach House Floor (7/31/07)
• Restore Medicare Payments for Clinical Social Workers (7/6/07)
• Urge Senators to Support the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (6/18/07)
• Social Workers – Strong Role in Children’s Mental Health (5/02/07)
• Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act Reintroduced Congressional Cosponsors Needed for S.1212 (5/01/07)
• Social Workers Support Mental Health Parity Bill (2/27/07)
• Senate Moves MH Parity Bill (2/22/07)

Updates and Letters

• Big Victory! President Signs Mental Health Parity
• Congress Nears Finish Line on Mental Health Parity
• Medicare Bill Gives Big Victory to Social Workers
• Victory in House Medicare Vote
• Medicaid Victory for Social Workers
• Ask Speaker Pelosi to Keep Medicaid Rule Moratorium in Spending Package
• Medicare Physician Fee Fix Bill Impacts Clinical Social Work Payments
• House Gives Fast Victory to NASW Medicare SWRI Agenda! (8/02/07)
• Rep. Schakowsky Dear Colleague Letter on CSW Payments (6/28/07)
• Senate Brings Life to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity (2/20/07)

Position Papers

• NASW Supports Senate MH Parity Bill S.558 (February 16, 2007)

Additional Resources

• Books on Health and Mental Health from NASW Press
• Practice: Behavioral Health
• Join NASW's Mental Health Section!
• Join NASW's Private Practice Section

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