Chief Healthcare Executive June 16, 2024
Lawmakers are seeking to create a Senate commission on mental health to examine ways to make it easier for Americans to get health.
Skinny
Two U.S. senators have proposed legislation to create a commission to make mental health more affordable and accessible for Americans.
Sponsors
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Tina Smith, D-Minn., have sponsored the legislation (S.4312).
Summary
The senators have crafted a measure to create the U.S. Senate Commission on Mental Health. The Commission is intended to give lawmakers and the president expert advice on mental health and how to make it easier for people to get behavioral health services.
Analysis
Fetterman has talked openly about his own struggles with mental health. Not long after his election...
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