NAMI is conducting a survey of adults living with serious mental illnesses and their family members.
(NOTE: Survey is now closed).
In addition to providing information for incorporation into a NAMI report, Grading the States 2009, the survey will help NAMI learn about how well states are providing publicly funded mental health services.
If you haven't already done so, please allow a moment to take the survey. Please forward this to your networks. Your responses will help ensure that we incorporate an accurate picture of the system in Ohio.
Thanks!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
ALERT! -- Help Needed to Pass Federal Parity Bill
Agreement has been reached on meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation in Congress. However, there are only three weeks left in the legislative session; in order to ensure that the parity legislation soon becomes law, it is essential that your Members of the U.S. House and Senate hear about the importance of passing the parity legislation before Congress adjourns.
Calls to your U.S. Senators and Representatives are urgently needed. Please call your Members of Congress on National Parity Call-In Day, September 10th (call-in information follows below), and ask Congress to pass mental health and addiction parity legislation before the end of the session.
Federal Legislative Alert:
Mental Health and Addiction Parity Legislation
Please call your members of the U.S. House and Senate on National Parity Call-In Day, Wednesday, September 10th, and ask them to pass mental health and addiction parity legislation before congress adjourns.
What You Need to Say
Message: "I am a constituent who lives in Representative/Senator _______'s district/state. I'm calling to ask the Representative/Senator to push to ensure that Congress passes mental health and addiction parity legislation before the end of the legislative session."
What You Need to Do
Action: Please call your U.S. Representatives and Senators on Wednesday, September 10th, through the toll-free Parity Hotline, 1-866-parity4 (1-866-727-4894), which will connect you to the U.S. Capitol switchboard. Ask your Members of the U.S. House and Senate to ensure that Congress approves meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation before Congress adjourns.
What You Need to Know
Background:
-Key negotiators in Congress have come to agreement on meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation that will improve access to lifesaving treatment services, and will help to end discrimination against thousands of Americans. Both the House and the Senate must approve the legislation before it can become law.
-There is very little time left in the 110th Congress, with only three weeks remaining in the legislative session. For bills that aren't approved by the end of the session, the legislative process would start again in the next Congress, with the legislation being reintroduced, co-sponsors collected, and the entire Committee review process repeated.
In order for meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation to become law during this Congress, it is extremely important that your U.S. Senators and Members of the House hear from you about the importance of passing parity legislation before this Congress adjourns at the end of September.
Please help us to spread this message by forwarding this message on to others who you know care about this issue. Thanks for your help!
Your friends at NAMI Ohio
Calls to your U.S. Senators and Representatives are urgently needed. Please call your Members of Congress on National Parity Call-In Day, September 10th (call-in information follows below), and ask Congress to pass mental health and addiction parity legislation before the end of the session.
Federal Legislative Alert:
Mental Health and Addiction Parity Legislation
Please call your members of the U.S. House and Senate on National Parity Call-In Day, Wednesday, September 10th, and ask them to pass mental health and addiction parity legislation before congress adjourns.
What You Need to Say
Message: "I am a constituent who lives in Representative/Senator _______'s district/state. I'm calling to ask the Representative/Senator to push to ensure that Congress passes mental health and addiction parity legislation before the end of the legislative session."
What You Need to Do
Action: Please call your U.S. Representatives and Senators on Wednesday, September 10th, through the toll-free Parity Hotline, 1-866-parity4 (1-866-727-4894), which will connect you to the U.S. Capitol switchboard. Ask your Members of the U.S. House and Senate to ensure that Congress approves meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation before Congress adjourns.
What You Need to Know
Background:
-Key negotiators in Congress have come to agreement on meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation that will improve access to lifesaving treatment services, and will help to end discrimination against thousands of Americans. Both the House and the Senate must approve the legislation before it can become law.
-There is very little time left in the 110th Congress, with only three weeks remaining in the legislative session. For bills that aren't approved by the end of the session, the legislative process would start again in the next Congress, with the legislation being reintroduced, co-sponsors collected, and the entire Committee review process repeated.
In order for meaningful mental health and addiction parity legislation to become law during this Congress, it is extremely important that your U.S. Senators and Members of the House hear from you about the importance of passing parity legislation before this Congress adjourns at the end of September.
Please help us to spread this message by forwarding this message on to others who you know care about this issue. Thanks for your help!
Your friends at NAMI Ohio
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