Public Health & Data

Congress should pass the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act, a comprehensive bill that would advance environmental and climate justice and health equity in underserved communities.[1]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should work to improve adolescents’ access to the best mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) medications by bridging available adult data with bioequivalence studies and an open-label safety study.

Congress should pass legislation like the Strengthen Kids’ Mental Health Now Act to increase community-based provider rates and expand the capacity and availability of pediatric mental health services.

Congress should direct resources (research, grants, guidance) to domestic violence and intimate partner violence (IPV) by passing the Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act.

Congress should pass legislation requiring all public and private health insurance to cover evidence-based early interventions for serious mental illness and should direct the Department of Health and Human Services to create a national strategy to ensure delivery of these interventions.[1]

Federal appropriators should provide specific funding to support research by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to continue the development of evidence-based mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) interventions for underserved communities, such as LGBTQ+ youth, Native communities, Black Americans, and Hispanic/Latino communities.[1]