Access to proper services is vital to reducing the incidence and severity of behavioral health disorders. The Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) advocates that it is therefore imperative that parity is maintained through the private insurance market and Medicaid program to keep behavioral health treatment at the same priority level as other medical care.
Issue statements from past Congresses appear below. For statements from the current session of Congress, view the parity issue statements page.
- MHLG letter in support of the Parity Enforcement Act (H.R. 2848): The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote Congressman Norcross to show support.
- MHLG letter in support of the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act of 2019: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote Representatives Porter and Bilirakis to show support.
- MHLG letter in support of the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act of 2019: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote Senators Alexander and Murray to show support.
- MHLG letter in support of Mental Health Parity Compliance Act of 2019: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote the Honorable Chris Murphy and the Honorable William Cassidy, MD.
- MHLG letter in support of the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2019 5.29.19: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote to The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy III to support the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2019.
- MHLG letter in support of the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2019 5.29.19: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote to The Honorable Elizabeth Warren to support the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2019.
- MHLG Comments on Steps to Address Rising Health Care Costs, 3.1.19: The Mental Health Liaison Group wrote to Chairman Alexander in response to a request to address affordability within the U.S. health care system.
- MHLG supports Rep. Kennedy’s Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018, 1.26.18: The Mental Health Liaison Group sent a letter to Representative Kennedy in support of the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018, H.R. 4778.
- MHLG supports Sen. Warren’s Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018, 1.26.18: The Mental Health Liaison Group sent a letter to Senator Warren to express support for the Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018, S. 2301.
- MHLG Urges Senate and House Leadership to Protect Parity Progress, 1.3.17: A Mental Health Liaison Group letter asking Congress to maintain and enforce parity and patient safeguards in the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008), the Affordable Care Act, the 21st Century Cures Act, and any future changes to the insurance market and Medicaid program.
- MHLG Supports the Caring for America’s Heroes Act (S. 2276), 10.17.14. The Mental Health Liaison Group sent a letter to Senators Blunt, Stabenow, and Moran in support of their bill, which would bring mental health treatment in line with physical injuries under TRICARE coverage.
- MHLG Supports the Caring for America’s Heroes Act (H.R. 4656), 10.17.14: The Mental Health Liaison Group sent a letter to Representatives Gardner and Capps in support of their bill, which would bring mental health treatment in line with physical injuries under TRICARE coverage.
- MHLG Comments on the interim final rules for the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) – 04.29.10: A letter to multiple federal agencies commenting on MHPAEA and providing opinions on edits, additions, and words of support.
- MHLG Expresses Excitement at the Opportunity to Comment on the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act – 05.28.09: A letter to federal agencies expressing gratitude towards having the opportunity to respond to the request for information as the rulemaking process begins for MHPAEA.