Team –
This Mental Health Awareness Month, Mad reached out to share just how personal this issue is to her. Now we want to share what she’s doing to help combat it.
During her time in Congress, Mad has advocated for numerous solutions to expand access to mental health resources and combat the stigma of addiction: *
H.R.773
(Homelessness
and
Behavioral
Health
Care
Coordination
Act)
→
To
authorize
a
grant
program
to
support
local
governments,
service
providers,
and
healthcare
services
to
help
those
experiencing
homelessness,
substance
use
disorder,
and
mental
health
issues.
*
H.R.3432
(Telemental
Health
Care
Access
Act)
→
To
expand
Medicare’s
ability
to
cover
mental
and
behavioral
health
services
provided
through
telehealth.
*
H.R.3713
(Mental
Health
Services
for
Students
Act)
→
To
authorize
the
Project
AWARE
(Advancing
Wellness
and
Resiliency
in
Education)
Grant
Program
–
which
provides
access
to
school-based
comprehensive
mental
health
programs.
*
H.R.6451
(Mental
Health
Justice
Act)
→
To
hire,
employ,
train,
and
dispatch
mental
health
professionals
to
respond
to
emergencies
involving
one
or
more
persons
with
a
mental
illness
or
an
intellectual
or
developmental
disability.
As you can see, Mad is in Congress fighting for solutions to make addressing mental health and substance use disorder easier. She’s working to make resources more accessible, to lower costs for treatment programs, and to eliminate the stigma around both addiction and seeking help.
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Thanks for following along,
Team Dean
Madeleine is an attorney, professor, mother, grandmother, and Member of Congress, representing Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District of Berks and Montgomery Counties. She is an outspoken leader who champions progressive priorities such as education, universal access to healthcare, gun safety, and ethical government. Madeleine Dean has built a reputation for getting things done, and we need her to continue to be our voice to serve us in Congress.
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