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The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act focuses resources
where they are most needed to foster evidence-based care, fix the
shortage of psychiatric hospital beds, empower caregivers under
HIPAA privacy laws to allow for compassionate communication,
bring accountability to mental health spending and help patients get
treatment well before their illness spirals into crisis.
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Connecticut, Congressman Murphy led the multi-year
effort to reform the nation’s failing mental health care system. The
Energy and Commerce Committee took the historic step last month
of passing Congressman Murphy’s legislation by a unanimous vote of
53-0 and set the stage for the full vote on the House floor to overhaul
the failed system for the first time in more than half a century.
“To every family member, the tens of thousands who reached
out to me, who stepped forward to share their story and be a voice
for change, my deepest gratitude for your courageous stand to help
families in mental health crisis,” said Murphy.
The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, H.R. 2646,
passed with a near unanimous vote of 422-2. The overwhelming vote
in the House is expected to break the logjam for considering mental
health reform legislation in the Senate. Murphy pledged to continue
working the bill all the way to the President’s desk for signature.
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