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Article: Coalition vows to fight for Mental Health Reform: the Campaign for Mental Health Reform is seeking enactment of mental health-parity legislation.(Practice Trends)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- November 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of national mental health organizations--including the American Psychiatric Association and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill--has launched a campaign aimed at implementing some of the goals set 2 years ago by the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
A top priority of the effort, called the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, is the enactment of mental health-parity legislation.
Other priorities include using Medicaid funds for home- and community-based care instead of institutional services and allowing states to fund comprehensive treatment plans. The campaign also will work for legislation aimed at allowing ...