Public
Policy
Final 2009 Budget
Access
to Medications
Information regarding the need for people with
mental illnesses to have access to prescription medications without
restrictions
Children
Information regarding children and adolescents
mental health
Criminalization
Explores the growing trend of arresting and
incarcerating the mentally ill
Committee Minutes/Agenda
Death Penalty
Learn more about efforts to abolish the death
penalty for people with severe mental illness
Division of MH/DD/SAS
Housing
Information regarding the need for funding to
create affordable housing for people living with mental illness
Managed
Care
Explains issues such as the Patients’ Bill of
Rights and other legislation that would provide non-discriminatory
health coverage for all persons with mental illnesses
Medicaid
Explores issues regarding the importance of
Medicaid in funding treatment for people with mental illnesses who could
otherwise not afford proper health care
State and Federal Budget
Issues related to state and Federal level budgets
and funding for mental illness services and treatment
Mental
Health Reform
Outpatient
Commitments
Issues related to the legal intervention intended
to help those living with severe mental illness who need ongoing
psychiatric care to prevent relapse, re-hospitalization and dangerous
behavior who have a hard time following through with community based
treatment.
Miscellaneous
