Advocacy
2019 Advocacy
Priorities
Nearly 20% of Americans experience a mental illness or substance use disorder. This year 45,000 Americans will die by suicide, 63,000 will die from drug overdoses and 100,000 more will have their first episode of psychosis. This is why we advocate, and who we advocate for.
Please click here to see our 2019 Advocacy Priorities.
Removing Barriers to Care
Congress should eliminate outdated federal rules blocking access to cost-effective treatments.
Combating the Opioid Crisis
Congress should increase access to substance use disorder treatment.
Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce
Congress should expand the mental health and substance use disorder workforce.
CEO Update
CEO Update 199
Reminder: Please Submit Updated Member Information by Next Friday, Sept. 13! NABH is developing its online-only 2024 Membership Directory, an essential member benefit that helps the association in its advocacy efforts. Last month NABH e-mailed system members a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please ...Read moreCEO Update 198
Reminder: Please Update Your Member Information for the 2024 NABH Membership Directory! NABH is developing its online-only 2024 Membership Directory, an essential member benefit that helps the association in its advocacy efforts. NABH has e-mailed system members a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please ...Read moreCEO Update 197
Please Update Your Member Information for the 2024 NABH Membership Directory! NABH is developing its online-only 2024 Membership Directory, an essential member benefit that helps the association in its advocacy efforts. This week NABH e-mailed system members a link to the association’s membership-update tool. To help ensure we have the most accurate information on our members, please ...Read moreCEO Update 196
Contingency Management Battles Ongoing Headwinds Earlier this week, a STAT news article reviewed the executive branch’s response to advocacy efforts to expand financing for the only evidence-based treatment for stimulant use disorder, contingency management (CM.) CM provides financial rewards for abstinence from stimulants and has decades of research demonstrating that intervention changes the reward centers of ...Read more
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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
