Mental Health Advocates Call For Clinic Expansion, Reduced MAT Barriers

Mental health and substance use treatment advocates are calling on Congress to reauthorize funding for mental health clinics, remove barriers to medication-assisted treatment and allow mental health counselors to bill Medicare. The National Council for Behavioral Health, partnered with other patient advocates, including the Legal Action Centers, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and the Addiction Policy Forum, called on Congress Tuesday (Sept. 17) to reauthorize funding for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic program after its funding ended Friday...