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November 2nd, 2024

Has Massachusetts fallen behind in adopting PSYPACT initiative?

By Danielle Ray

Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Stone Creem is not giving up on a bill that would enable psychologists to...

July 4th, 2024

CT moving toward peer-run respite centers

By Eileen Weber

Bill proposes community-based alternatives
Connecticut is considering legislation to provide...

July 1st, 2024

RI bills aimed at improving treatment coverage

By Danielle Ray

Focus is on lack of parity, prior authorization denials

Two Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed legislation aimed at improving mental health and...

May 2nd, 2024

Practice of sending defendants to prison’s IMHU continues until 2027

By Eileen Weber

Maine is actively trying to provide appropriate psychological care to those who are deemed incapable of...

October 1st, 2023

Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut

By Eileen Weber

Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on...

August 5th, 2023

MPA highlights legislative priorities

By New England Psychologist Staff

Legislation for participation in PSYPACT® and to improve transparency of consumer health insurance...

July 3rd, 2023

Flood of anti-transgender legislation takes mental health toll on population

By Eileen Weber

Study: One in three report poor mental health often or always
Republicans have launched a series of...

June 4th, 2023

Bill for peer specialist Medicaid reimbursement fails

By Danielle Ray

As a woman in recovery herself, Rebecca Allen put a lot of thought into the written testimony that...

May 2nd, 2023

VT bill targets mental healthcare in interstate counseling compact

By Eileen Weber

In mid-March, Vermont’s House of Representatives passed a bill that would make practicing across state lines a lot easier for licensed mental health professionals. The bill...

January 10th, 2023

Proposed legislation allows for student mental health sick days

By Danielle Ray

Legislators in Massachusetts are following the lead of other New England states in trying to get a bill...