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Amanda Rupp | Nov 6, 2016

NAMI pushes senators to approve mental health reform

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urges the public to encourage the United States Congress to make progress with mental health reform, as Nov. 14-18 marks National Mental Health Reform Advocacy Week.

To do this, NAMI leaders are asking people to call their local senators by dialing 202-224-3121 and pressing 1. The alliance suggests leaving this message: “As a constituent, I would like the senator to demand a vote on S. 2680, the Mental Health Reform Act. Mental health parity laws are being broken every day. This bill will help.”

It is important for everyone to work together to pass mental health reform legislation for 2016.

A second way to pass this reform is to talk about it. Spread the news to family, friends and neighbors that they also need to call their senators, using social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to get even more people involved.

Demanding senators to vote for mental health reform will help make a positive difference for people living with mental illness in the U.S. Countless people would benefit from mental health reforms being approved by U.S. leaders.

Soon, it will be the “lame duck session,” which happens before new leaders are elected until Congress begins again in 2017. Any bill that is not approved before the start of the new Congress is considered dead. A dead bill must start all over again, going through reintroduction and the legislative process.

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