Behavioral Health Business September 28, 2022
The calendar is now a primary enemy to behavioral health reform at the federal level.
Time is running out for Congress and advocates to accomplish legislative reforms before the end of the year, according to a panel of policy and advocacy experts at Behavioral Health and Well-Being Congress. November brings another round of federal elections and, shortly thereafter, the end of the congressional session.
The federal elections in November and the subsequent lame-duck period before the beginning of a new session of Congress could not only interrupt the work that has materialized over the last few years; it could also alter the makeup of the House and Senate.
“It’s an election year and so what will happen will be anybody’s...