Legislative Alert and Update Archive
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Action Alert
September 2002 Help amend NJ's Institutional Lien Laws - write your legislator
August, 2002 August Recess: The Time Is Now to Engage Members of Congress
July 2002 Senate to Begin Debate on Prescription Drug Legislation This Week
June 2002 Housing Anti-Discrimination Law Passes the Legislature
May 2002
Senate and Assembly Appropriations and
Budget Leadership must stand firm and approve
Governor McGreevey’s
Fiscal Year ’03 Budget Recommendations
May 30, 2002 Immediate Action Needed on McGreevey’s Fiscal Year ’03 Budget
April 22, 2002 Family Opportunity Act Awaits Senate Mark-Up: Let Your Voice Be Heard
April 19, 2002 Support Needed on McGreevey’s Fiscal Year ’03 Budget
March 2002
Spring Recess: Hunt for Cosponsors and
Increased Funding Urge your Members
of Congress to Support New House
Parity Bill and Increased Funding for FY 2003
March 28, 2002
Gov McGreevey proposes that Redirection II and Children's
Initiative
remain in Budget
and go forward -- here's what you can do!
March 2002 Letter from NJ Mental Health Coalition to McGreevey
March 18, 2002 Redirection II in Jeopardy: Write to Governor McGreevey
February 2002 Action Alert: Signatures Needed to Save Redirection II (download a petition)
February 22, 2002 Action Needed on Children's Initiative
December 2001 Action Needed to Save Redirection II
December 2001 Expansion of the Children’s Initiative is in Jeopardy
December 5, 2001 Last Push Needed on Parity Bill!
November 2001 Last Chance to Get Our Tax Credits Passed this Year!
November 15, 2001 Mental Health Parity Battle Underway
November 7, 2001 Last Push Needed for Family Opportunity Act
November 5, 2001 Senate-Passed Mental Health Parity Moves to the House
October 29, 2001 Congress to Act Soon on $20 Billion Emergency-Response Funding Bill
October 18, 2001 Senate Delivers Blow to Mental Health Funding
October 5, 2001 Revision Needed on HUD's Work Incentives for People With Disabilities
October 4, 2001 Advocate Housing Funds in Congress and the Administrations' Economic Stimulus Package
September 26, 2001 Mental Health Infrastructure Funding a Priority
September 21, 2001 Parental consent provision of H.R. 1, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
September 17, 2001 Beware Scientologists Claiming To Be Mental Health Professionals
Legislative Updates