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SENS. SMITH, DODD AND STARK INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP YOUTH RETAIN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO ADULTHOOD
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June 25, 2008
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The office of Sen. Christopher S. Dodd, D-Conn., issued the following news release:
To help millions of young adults with a mental illness receive access to care, Senators Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) introduced legislation today in their respective chambers to ease the transition from youth into adult mental health care and community supports. The legislation, the Healthy Transition Act of 2008, was introduced in response to findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today that exposed the problems that young adults face in finding services that help their transition to adult services suited to meet their ...
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