APA Advocacy Washington Update

Feb. 10-14, 2020 (PDF, 310KB)

• A new advocacy network to mobilize psychologists.
• Urging Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to impose major Medicare cuts in 2021.
• Calling for an immediate halt to sharing immigrant youths' confidential psychotherapy notes with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
• Putting the president’s fiscal year 2021 budget in perspective.
• Bringing psychology to new substance use disorder advisory committee.

Feb. 3-7, 2020 (PDF, 337KB)

• Advising Congress on the mental health issues associated with climate change. 
• Speaking out against Medicare’s proposed cuts in reimbursement. 
• Raising awareness about pediatric mental health. 
• Supporting Medicare coverage of services for eating disorders. 

Jan. 27-31, 2020 (PDF, 346KB)

• Working to ease the addiction crisis.
• Raising awareness about traumatic brain injuries in military and veterans.
• Reducing barriers to fentanyl research.
• Speaking out on Supreme Court ruling that could immigrant services.
• Advancing suicide prevention research.
• Advising White House on the research environment.

Jan. 20-24, 2020 (PDF, 369KB)

• Advancing role of psychological pain management.
• Focusing on black youth suicide and mental health.
• Increasing access to whole-person care.
• Improving care for veterans with serious mental illness.

Jan. 13-17, 2020 (359KB)

• Statement on regulatory burden for cannabis researchers.
• Expanding early childhood mental health services.
• Sharing suicide prevention priorities.
• Campaigning to increase access to mental health services.
• Advocating for regulatory changes.
• Welcoming new members of APA Advocacy Coordinating Committee.

Jan. 6-10, 2020 (PDF, 357KB)

• APA's 2020 advocacy priorities.
• Calling for more basic and clinical psychological research.
• Talking with Sen. Gillibrand about health confidentiality.
• Hand-delivering APA report on psychology of immigration to every member of Congress.
• Addressing rural mental health and suicide prevention with Senate committee.