Urgent

[Guest guest]

For all those interested in Behavior Analysis, an important bill is

currently in the Senate. It is the Rural Mental Health Bill S-859,

proposed by Sen. of Wyoming. The act is designed to increase

accessibility in rural areas by providing the following:

(1) Creating community education programs to lessen mental health stigma

(2) creating interdisciplinary training programs in University's between

mental health providers and primary care providers

(3) Study the effectiveness of mental health services delivered by

telehalth systems

(4) Develop 20 demionstration projects to provide services to children and

the elderly.

The bill currently lists clinical social workers, psychiatrists,

psychologists, mental health counselors, family therapists, and clinical

nurse specialists. It would seem to me that a simple addition to this

list would be board certified Behavior Analysts. Especially given the

success of behavioral interventions with mental health conditions such as

ADHD, Oppositioanl defiant Disorder, and even depression. In addition in

some states such as Pa, autism and PDD are partially funded under the

mental health system. The time to act is now, before we are locked out.

E-mail your senator and suggest th change. To reach your senator, e-mail

combinations usually read as below:

the state @last name.senate.gov

for example Sen would be:

wyoming@...

Joe

P.S. Please pass to those that you think might be interested.