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The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health ...
Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act: To address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, and for other purposes. H.R. 1480: March 2, 2021: HERO Act: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other ...
Mental health law includes areas of both civil and criminal common and statutory law. Common law is based on long-standing English legal principles, as interpreted through case law . Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea , insanity defences ; legal definitions of " sane ," "insane," and " incompetent ;" informed consent ; and ...
Ted’s story exposed a major gap in how the VA treats veterans experiencing a mental health crisis. Under current standards, it can take as many as 28 days before veterans are allowed to seek ...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) will introduce a set of bills Thursday to address the deportation of immigrants who served in the U.S. military and to help ensure they are connected to mental health ...
Health Savings Act of 2017 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts. H.R. 36: January 3, 2017 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: To make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more H.R. 37
Story at a glance The “Pride in Mental Health Act,” set to be introduced Wednesday, would amend existing child abuse law to include explicit protections for LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit youth and ...