Follow our Legislation Positions
The NAMI CA Board is still working on legislative positions. The entire list of bills being considered is on the NAMI CA website Legislative page:
NAMI CA Position Oppose AB 1264 School safety plans: tactical response
NAMI California, the state affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, strongly opposes AB 1264 as written and has suggestions for what we believe would be beneficial changes.
AB 1264 calls for a comprehensive school safety plan to include development under provision (K) of "Protocol for teachers to provide notification of a pupil identified as having a potential mental health issue that is likely to result in violence or harm to the pupil or others."
Read the Position Paper
Have Your Senator Get On Board with the Mental Health Caucus.
The California Senate now has a Mental Health Caucus. If your senator is not yet on the list, please urge her/him to join!
The Chair of this Caucus is Senator Jim Beall.
Members:
Senator Steinberg
Senator Leno
Senator Correa
Senator Calderon
Senator de Leon
Senator Padilla
Senator Rubio
Senator Anderson
Senator Block
Senator DeSaulnier
Senator Roth
Senator Corbett
Senator Monning
Senator Wolk
Senator Hueso
Find your senator.
California Mental Health Services Authority Announces Regional Winners of Statewide High School Video Contest.
The Regional Winners of 'Directing Change,' a statewide student video contest to prevent suicide and change minds about mental illness, have been chosen. The contest is part of statewide efforts to prevent suicide, reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness, and to promote the mental health and wellness of students.
Three hundred seventy-one submissions, representing 922 students from 142 schools were received. Participating high school students competed regionally by submitting 60 second videos in two categories (suicide prevention and eliminating stigma about mental illness.) Competing counties lie within one of 11 regions in the state as defined by the California County Superintendents Educational Services (CCSESA).
Read more about it and view the winning videos.
Health Care and Education Reform: Make Room for Children's Mental Health
The children's mental health system in America is as fragile as the vulnerable youth it is intended to serve. That is a troubling reality and greater collaboration between leaders in education and health care is essential. Here's why and some thoughts on a few partnerships that show promise for the future.
Today, fewer than 10 percent of children identified as needing mental health care receive services within three months of that finding; fewer than half of those diagnosed with a serious emotional disorder ever get treatment from a qualified mental health professional.
Read the full article.
Fresno, to be Site for Covered California Call Center
One of Three Centers Helping Enroll Millions of Californians in Covered California Health Plans
Covered California announced today that Fresno will be the location for one of three state-of-the-art call centers that will handle questions from Californians, and help them understand the new health benefits available through the Affordable Care Act.
Other Covered California call centers will be located in Contra Costa County, and in Rancho Cordova in Sacramento County. "These three centers will be on the front lines of helping millions of Californians get access to coverage," said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee. "We need to have skilled customer care representatives helping individuals and small employers sort through the benefits and federal support, and help them understand the new rules."
Read the entire article.
"Dear Emily" Answers Questions on ACA
California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting has launched a Dear Emily website to answer your questions about how the Affordable Care Act affects YOU. Email your question to [email protected]. Read the first Q&A here.
If you have a question for Emily, email her at [email protected] or tweet her at @emilybazar. Learn more about Emily.
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