Ranking Member Cassidy Continues Push to Reauthorize Expired SUPPORT Act Amid Calls from 300+ Groups to Take Action
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement bringing attention to the over 300 substance-abuse prevention and treatment, mental health and other policy organizations that have called on the HELP Committee to take up and reauthorize the SUPPORT Act. This legislation funds important programs that bolster prevention, treatment, and recovery services for Americans with substance use disorders. The SUPPORT Act expired on September 30th.
“Thousands of Americans are dying each month from opioid and drug overdoses. The HELP committee needs to hold a markup to reauthorize the SUPPORT Act so we can evaluate, improve and fund these life-saving programs. Missing these deadlines puts vital resources in jeopardy,” said Dr. Cassidy. “I appreciate the support from the advocates expressing the urgency of this problem. Even if there are some differences in opinion on specific policies to include, we all agree the HELP Committee needs to get the SUPPORT Act reauthorization done.”
Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, Cassidy has stressed the importance of the Senate HELP Committee fulfilling its responsibility to take up and reauthorize expiring public health programs. Due to lack of action, Cassidy introduced legislation to reauthorize the SUPPORT Act in July.
Organizations calling on the HELP Committee to reauthorize the SUPPORT Act include:
Alabama Society of Addiction Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
American Association on Health and Disability
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
American College of Emergency Physicians
American College of Medical Toxicology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association Services
American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
ART Of Coaching, Inc.
Appleseed Community Mental Health Center, Inc.
Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Association of Persons Affected by Addiction
Beacon of Hope Champions Ministries, LLC
BHABrehab.com
Center for Addiction Treatment
Center for Housing & Health Center Point, Inc.
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Central Minnesota Mental Health Center
Children's Hospital Association
CleanSlate Outpatient Addiction Medicine
Clinical Consultants of Boston
Clinical Social Work Association
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
Colorado Society of Addiction Medicine
Community Counseling Center of Mercer County
Community Health Action of Staten Island
Conifer Park and Liberty Behavioral Management Group
Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance
CRS Recovery
Crisis and Counseling Centers, Inc.
Drug & Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Rose Olsen Foundation Inc
Even Keel Health & Adolescent Health Center
Family and Children's Association (FCA)
Flagler Open Arms Recovery Services
Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions
Franklin County House of Corrections
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice
Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, Boston University
Harvest Healing Foundation, Inc.
Hawai’i Opioid & Consumer Alliance
Hope House Treatment Centers IC&RC
Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine
Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers
International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses
Johnson County Mental Health Center
Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition
Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine
Lake Charles Addiction and Wellness
Live Rite Structured Recovery Corp LMGCA
Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Mental Health & Inclusion Ministries
Mental Health America of Licking County
Mental Health Recovery Board Clark, Greene, Madison Counties
Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Minot Area Recovery Community Organization
Missouri Behavioral Health Council
Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Inc.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness Queens/Nassau
National Association for Behavioral Health
National Association for Children's Behavioral Health (NACBH)
National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
National Eating Disorders Association
National Federation of Families
National Harm Reduction Coalition
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Healthcare for the Homeless Council
National Register of Health Service Psychologists
New Jersey Association of Mental Health & Addiction Agencies, Inc.
NHMH - No Health without Mental Health
Open Sky Community Services, Inc.
Overdose Crisis Response Fund Partnership to End Addiction
Overdose Prevention Initiative
Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health
President, Connecticut Chapter of American Society of Addiction Medicine
Recovery Advocates in Livingston, Inc,
Recovery Centers of Arkansas--Oasis
Red Rock Behavioral Health Services
Relatives Against Purdue Pharma (RAPP)
Renewal Center Recycled Books INC
Rio Salado Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.
Sabater Laboratory for Psychological Innovations Inc AND The SabaterLAB Foundation
San Francisco Drug Users Union
Sea Change Recovery Community Org
Southeast Florida Recovery Advocates, Inc
Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
Substance Abuse Prevention Team of Essex County, Inc.
Tennessee Hospital Association
The Center for Great Expectations
The Family Counseling Center of Fulton County, Inc
The Family Focused Treatment Association
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Provider
Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Treatment Communities of America
True Nature Recovery Counseling
Turning Point Community Programs
Venango Training & Development Cener, Inc. Vesta, Inc.
Virginia State Chapter of American Society of Addiction Medicine Voices of Hope Lexington, Inc.
Voices of Recovery San Mateo County
Vstar Behavioral Health Services PLLC
Wilkes Recovery Revolution, Inc.
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
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