MENTAL HEALTH

Addresses

Mental Health Struggles: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, E1179 [9JN]

Amendments

NIH: support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (S. 1268), S15144, S15218 [19NO]

Announcements

Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5568 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

Deinstitutionalization Hasn't Worked, S8296 [12JY]

Frances Lillian Ross—Advocate for Mentally Ill, E575 [25MR]

National Report—Prisons Brim With Mentally Ill, S8296 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Psychological Association: condemn published study relative to sexual relationships between adults and children (see H. Con. Res. 107), H3086 [12MY]

Armed Forces: protect confidentiality of communications between dependents of members and professionals relative to sexual or domestic abuse services (see H.R. 1847), H3295 [18MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H241 [7JA]

Children and youth: enable a public health approach to the problems of youth suicide and violence and develop ways to intervene with individuals who suffer depression or other mental illness (see S. 1555), S10390 [5AU]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see S. 464, 465), S1926 [24FE] (see H.R. 837), H794 [24FE]

———mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H12791 [18NO]

———provide grants for professionals in violence prevention training (see S. 981), S4887 [6MY]

Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (see S. 237), S344 [19JA]

Death and dying: recognize prevention of youth suicide as a national priority (see H. Res. 286), H8099 [9SE]

Demonstration diversion courts: establish (see S. 1865), S13972 [4NO] (see H.R. 2594), H6352 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: collection of information relative to the use of mentally disabled children and individuals in biomedical and behavioral research (see H.R. 299), H242 [7JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see S. Res. 35), S1439 [11FE] (see H. Res. 177), H3296 [18MY]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see S. 1579), S10779 [13SE] (see H.R. 1799), H3169 [13MY]

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see S. 1809), S13258 [27OC]

Diseases: promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (see S. 1131), S6049 [26MY]

Drug abuse: restrict Federal funding for methadone maintenance programs (see S. 423), S1439 [11FE]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (see S. 236), S344 [19JA]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (see S. 1443), S9378 [27JY]

———include violence prevention in training for individuals pursuing careers in early childhood development and education (see H.R. 2673), H6843 [2AU]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs (see S. 235), S344 [19JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 233), S344 [19JA]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (see S. 1382), S8631 [15JY] (see H.R. 2511), H5570 [14JY]

———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see S. 1321), S8084 [1JY] (see H.R. 3315), H11954 [10NO]

Federal aid programs: clarify application of certain mental health parity provisions to annual and lifetime visit, benefit, and dollar limits (see H.R. 2445), H5333 [1JY]

———public participation in establishing locations of substance abuse treatment group homes (see H.R. 2983), H9076 [30SE]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (see S. 230), S344 [19JA]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (see H.R. 1723), H2919 [6MY]

———provide grants to encourage State and local law enforcement agencies to detain students bringing guns to schools (see H.R. 831), H794 [24FE]

GAO: require study and report on violence by postal employees (see H.R. 2385), H5091 [29JN]

Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (see S. 573), S2503 [10MR]

———recognize the significance to society of issues relating to mental illness and express full support for the White House Conference on Mental Health (see H. Res. 133), H1802 [25MR]

Health care facilities: protect rights of residents of federally funded facilities (see S. 750), S3440 [25MR]

Health care professionals: provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 179), S343 [19JA]

Immigration: waive naturalization requirement to take oath of renunciation and allegiance for certain disabled or impaired applicants (see H.R. 1846), H3295 [18MY]

Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H2272 [21AP]

———provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (see S. 796), S3695 [14AP]

———provide for treatment parity (see H.R. 2593), H6352 [22JY]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (see S. 1447), S9529 [28JY] (see H.R. 1977), H3709 [27MY]

Medicaid: exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity (see S. 88), S340 [19JA] (see H.R. 797), H715 [23FE]

Medicare: combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 1543), H2299 [22AP]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 2945), H8665 [24SE]

———establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospital services (see S. 1002), S5036 [11MY] (see H.R. 1006), H1012 [4MR]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see S. 847), S4028 [21AP] (see H.R. 655), H538 [9FE]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (see S. 232), S344 [19JA]

———increase the number of physicians that complete fellowships in geriatric medicine and psychiatry (see S. 1628), S11362 [23SE]

———reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see H.R. 2794), H7884 [5AU]

———reimburse hospitals for psychologist training costs (see H.R. 1140), H1335 [16MR]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 181), S343 [19JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see S. 736), S3439 [25MR] (see H.R. 1313), H1800 [25MR]

Mental Health Advisory Committee: establish (see H. Res. 19), H244 [7JA]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (see S. 234), S344 [19JA]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 178), S342 [19JA] (see H.R. 3214), H11480 [3NO]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (see S. 1630), S11362 [23SE]

National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 99), S5036 [11MY]

NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see S. 512), S2095 [2MR] (see H.R. 997), H1012 [4MR]

———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (see S. 1268), S7527 [23JN]

Schools: recruit, hire, and train additional school-based mental health personnel (see H.R. 2567), H6018 [20JY] (see H.R. 2982), H9076 [30SE]

Social Security: increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents (see S. 207), S343 [19JA]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 781), H715 [23FE]

Women: postpartum depression policies (see H. Res. 163), H2920 [6MY]

Excerpts

Child Safety and Youth Violence Prevention Act (H.R. 1501): Goodling amendment on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act provisions on mental health treatment, H4515 [17JN]

Explanations

National Violence Prevention Initiative, S10738-S10741 [10SE]

Letters

Expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students: several organizations, S9388 [27JY]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry: Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, S11366 [23SE]

———Joseph G. Ouslander, American Geriatrics Society, S11366 [23SE]

National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: Gerald H. Weyrauch, Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network, S5058 [11MY]

———Lanny Berman and Karen Dune-Maxim, American Association of Suicidology, S5058 [11MY]

———Laurie Flynn, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5058 [11MY]

———Raymond D. Fowler, American Psychological Association, S5882 [24MY]

———Robert Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, S5058 [11MY]

Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': Karen Randall, Universal Studios, S5568 [19MY]

———Senator Domenici, S5567 [19MY]

Restrict disclosures of medical information by insurance companies: Representative Ganske, H6730 [30JY]

Lists

Examples of horrible prison conditions involving mentally ill and disabled prisoners, H4431 [16JN]

Organizations opposed to medical records provisions in H.R. 10, Financial Services Act, H6734 [30JY]

Paka Outreach Program team members, E154 [8FE]

Proposals

Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans extension, E954 [13MY]

Remarks in House

Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans: extend, E954 [13MY]

Alliance for the Mentally Ill: anniversary, E2082 [13OC]

American Psychological Association: condemn published study relative to sexual relationships between adults and children, H2933 [11MY]

———condemn published study relative to sexual relationships between adults and children (H. Con. Res. 107), H5341, H5342, H5348 [12JY], H6431 [27JY], E1691 [30JY]

ARC-South Bay (organization): anniversary, E2108 [14OC]

Association for the Help of Retarded Children: anniversary, E1020 [19MY]

Bronx Psychiatric Center: observance of Patient Recognition Day, E2200 [27OC]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (H.R. 274), E35 [7JA]

Children and youth: improve access to mental health services, H2225 [21AP], H2338 [27AP]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (H.R. 837), E275 [24FE]

———mental health services (H.R. 3455), H12891 [18NO]

———protect from violence by treating mental health problems, H10773 [26OC]

Citizens Acting Together Can Help (CATCH), Inc.: tribute, E2081 [13OC]

Concord, NC: tribute to Genesis Family Home, E2079 [13OC]

Crime: expand identification and intervention programs relative to juvenile violence, H4476 [17JN]

Death and dying: recognize prevention of youth suicide as a national priority (H. Res. 286), E1945 [23SE]

Dept. of HUD: Shelter Plus Care Program funding, E1851 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (H.R. 1799), E961 [14MY]

Education: include violence prevention in training for individuals pursuing careers in early childhood development and education (H.R. 2673), E1711 [2AU]

———school-based counseling services funding, H4552, H4553 [17JN]

Families and domestic relations: limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (H.R. 3315), E2362 [11NO]

Financial institutions: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, H5219, H5222 [1JY]

———ensure medical and financial privacy for consumers, H6728-H6738 [30JY]

Firearms: encourage States to require a holding period for students expelled for bringing a gun to school (H.R. 1723), E895 [6MY]

———provide grants to encourage State and local law enforcement agencies to detain students bringing guns to schools (H.R. 831), E277 [24FE]

Genesis Club: tribute, E1011 [18MY]

Goldsboro, NC: Communities Can! (organization) Community of Excellence Award recipient, H4327 [15JN]

Guam: tribute to Paka Outreach Program for emotional support efforts during disaster recovery, E154 [8FE]

Health: recognize the significance to society of issues relating to mental illness and express full support for the White House Conference on Mental Health (H. Res. 133), H3744 [7JN]

Hinckley, John: Federal ruling on supervised leave privileges, H2474 [29AP]

Hinckley, John W., Jr.: Federal ruling on supervised leave privileges, H6587 [29JY]

Insurance: provide for treatment parity (H.R. 2593), E1637 [22JY]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (H.R. 1977), H4813-H4815 [23JN], E1121 [27MY]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: assess and treat mental health needs of juvenile offenders, H4515-H4517 [17JN]

Medicare: combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hospitalization services (H.R. 1543), E738 [22AP]

———coverage of marriage and family therapist services (H.R. 2945), E1955 [24SE]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R. 655), E170 [9FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (H.R. 1313), E592 [25MR]

Mental Health Month: observance, E886 [6MY]

National Alzheimer's Awareness Month: observance, H12157 [17NO], E2486 [19NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3214), E2289 [5NO]

Redondo Beach, CA: tribute to Wellness Community, South Bay Cities (organization), E1801 [8SE]

Schools: recruit, hire, and train additional school-based mental health personnel (H.R. 2567), H9183 [30SE]

———recruit, hire, and train additional school-based mental health personnel (H.R. 2982), H9179 [30SE]

South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.: tribute, E59 [7JA]

Transportation: sociological impact of extended work commutes, H11709 [9NO]

White House Conference on Mental Health: tribute, H3744, H3746 [7JN]

Remarks in Senate

American Psychological Association: condemn published study relative to sexual relationships between adults and children (H. Con. Res. 107), S9956 [30JY]

Children and youth: enable a public health approach to the problems of youth suicide and violence and develop ways to intervene with individuals who suffer depression or other mental illness (S. 1555), S10471-S10473 [5AU]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth, S4997, S4998 [11MY], S5398 [17MY]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (S. 465), S1946-S1948 [24FE]

———provide grants for professionals in violence prevention training (S. 981), S4902 [6MY]

Courts: allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals (S. 237), S693 [19JA]

Crime: national youth violence prevention initiative, S10738 [10SE]

———provide intervention services to children who are removed from school for possessing a weapon or committing an act of violence and clarify Federal law relative to reporting a juvenile crime, S5692-S5695 [20MY]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem, S6937, S6938 [14JN]

Demonstration diversion courts: establish (S. 1865), S13983 [4NO]

Dept. of HHS: institute early intervention programs to assess and treat children exposed to violence, S12205 [7OC]

———mental health services block grants funding, S12183, S12185 [7OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease (S. Res. 35), S1452 [11FE]

———improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (S. 1579), S10781 [13SE]

Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (S. 1809), S13269-S13272 [27OC], S14284, S14313-S14333 [8NO]

Diseases: promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (S. 1131), S6058-S6060 [26MY]

District of Columbia: cap on attorneys' fees in special education lawsuits, S8060, S8061 [1JY]

Drug abuse: restrict Federal funding for methadone maintenance programs (S. 423), S1447 [11FE]

Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas (S. 236), S693 [19JA]

———expand access to counseling and mental health services for elementary and secondary school students (S. 1443), S9387 [27JY]

———make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs (S. 235), S692 [19JA]

———make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 233), S690 [19JA]

———school-based counseling services funding, S5365 [14MY], S5400-S5405 [17MY], S5523, S5524, S5528 [19MY]

Families and domestic relations: grants to carry out certain activities promoting adoption counseling (S. 1382), S8737 [16JY]

———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children, S9009-S9011 [22JY]

———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (S. 1321), S8102 [1JY]

Federal employees: authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses (S. 230), S690 [19JA]

Gresham, OR: tribute to Volunteers Involved in the Emotional Well-Being of Seniors (VIEWS) Program at Mt. Hood Community Mental Health Center, S11501 [27SE]

Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information (S. 573), S2506, S2507 [10MR]

Health care facilities: deinstitutionalization of patients, S8295 [12JY]

Health care professionals: provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (S. 179), S610 [19JA]

Illinois: tribute to American Association on Mental Retardation Direct Service Award recipients, S12252 [7OC]

Insurance: provide equitable health insurance coverage for certain biologically-based mental illnesses and prohibit limits on hospital stays and outpatient visits (S. 796), S3702-S3705 [14AP], S6937, S6939 [14JN]

———provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse treatment services under private group and individual health coverage (S. 1447), S9529 [28JY]

Javits, Jacob K.: recognition by NISH, Inc., for contributions to the disabled, S8808 [19JY]

Juneau, AK: tribute to Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School for development of community health project for Seasonal Affective Disorder, S4507 [30AP]

Medicare: establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospital services (S. 1002), S5045 [11MY]

———exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S. 847), S4032 [21AP]

———improved reimbursement for clinical social worker services (S. 232), S690 [19JA]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 181), S612 [19JA]

Mental Retardation Awareness Month: observance, S2143 [2MR]

Missouri: observance of Children's Mental Health Week, S5094 [11MY]

National Academies of Practice: grant Federal charter (S. 234), S691 [19JA]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 178), S609 [19JA]

National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program: count fellowship training in geriatric medicine or psychiatry as obligated service (S. 1630), S11365 [23SE]

National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: designate (S. Res. 99), S5057 [11MY], S5882 [24MY], S11452 [24SE]

NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (S. 512), S2135 [2MR], S10379 [5AU]

———support modernization and construction of biomedical and behavioral research facilities and laboratory instrumentation (S. 1268), S7528 [23JN], S15002, S15064, S15218 [19NO]

NISH, Inc.: anniversary, S8808 [19JY]

NSF: behavioral and social science research programs funding, S11352 [23SE]

Pennsylvania Association of Student Assistance Professionals: tribute, S866 [21JA]

Prison Litigation Reform Act: clarify treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, S9025-S9027 [22JY]

Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (S. 331), S6929-S6939 [14JN]

———increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents (S. 207), S645 [19JA]

Southgate, MI: tribute to Downriver Guidance Clinic, S13718 [2NO]

Reports

Television and Growing Up—The Impact of Television Violence: Surgeon General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior (1972), S5148-S5150 [12MY]

Reports filed

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1809), S13968 [4NO]

National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 99), S11361 [23SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Portrayal of mentally ill character in remake of the movie ``Psycho'': National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, S5568 [19MY]

Statements

Peer Counseling: Lee Knight, Anna Tornello, and Gigi Craig, E1645 [22JY]

Summaries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance and Research of Autism and Related Developmental Diseases To Implement Effective Treatment and Prevention Strategies (H.R. 274), E36 [7JA]

Children Who Witness Domestic Violence Protection Act (S. 1321), S8104 [1JY]

Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (S. 796), S3703 [14AP]

Tables

Counselor-to-student ratios in U.S. schools, S5694 [20MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 107, condemn American Psychological Association published study relative to sexual relationships between adults and children, H5341 [12JY]

H.R. 655, Medicare Social Work Equity Act, E170 [9FE]

S. 155, Public Health Response to Youth Suicide and Violence Act, S10472 [5AU]

S. 178, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S609 [19JA]

S. 179, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S611 [19JA]

S. 181, Medicare restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities, S612 [19JA]

S. 207, increase funding for maternal and child health services and promote integrated physical and mental health service program for children and adolescents, S646 [19JA]

S. 230, Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act, S690 [19JA]

S. 232, improved reimbursement of Medicare benefits for clinical social worker services, S690 [19JA]

S. 233, make social work students and schools eligible for certain programs and grants, and establish a social work training program, S691 [19JA]

S. 234, grant Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice, S691 [19JA]

S. 235, make certain clinical psychology graduate programs eligible to participate in various health profession loan programs, S692 [19JA]

S. 236, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program specializing in underserved treatment areas, S693 [19JA]

S. 237, allow clinical social workers to perform psychiatric examinations on certain criminals, S693 [19JA]

S. 465, Mental Health Juvenile Justice Act, S1948-S1950 [24FE]

S. 796, Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, S3702 [14AP]

S. 1002, Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act, S5046 [11MY]

S. 1131, Fragile X Research Breakthrough Act, S6059 [26MY]

S. 1268, Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act, S15218 [19NO]

S. 1447, Fairness in Treatment—The Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Act, S9531-S9533 [28JY]

S. 1809, Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, S14314-S14330 [8NO]

S. Res. 35, Dept. of Veterans Affairs projects to facilitate the treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, S1452 [11FE]

S. Res. 99, National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day, S5057 [11MY], S11452 [24SE]