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Last Update: 6/1/04
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New Jersey Alerts

• New Jersey Budget
          Governor Approves FY05 Budget
        
   

• New Jersey Mental Health Parity

  • Report: The Current and Future State of Mental Health Insurance Parity Legislation; why federal action to expand the Mental Health Parity Act is critical. Read the Report
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  • Update: A2379, alcohol/drug addiction health insurance coverage and A2487, mental health parity, were combined and passed by the Assembly Health Committee.

  • Read MHANJ's testimony on parity

• Help amend NJ's Institutional Lien Laws - Write your legislator

  • Sign on to support institutional lien law reform

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National Alerts

• President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Releases Its Report

• New Parity Campaign Launched for 108th Congress.

  • Update: A2379, alcohol/drug addiction health insurance coverage and A2487, mental health parity, were combined and passed by the Assembly Health Committee

• Help New Jersey by Supporting the National Housing Trust Fund

  • National Housing Trust Fund Sign-On

• Public Health Funding Battle Looms

• Administration Proposes to Dilute Medical Privacy Protections

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New Jersey Legislative News

• Governor Selects James Davy as DHS Commissioner
• MHANJ Director asks Governor to keep New Jersey’s most vulnerable citizens a priority
• Upside Down & Backwards - Taxes in New Jersey. A report by New Jersey Policy Perspective.

• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey

  • Sign on to AP-NJ's “Voices Against Poverty” to reduce poverty in New Jersey (PDF file)

• A2158 which creates a "Task Force to Improve Treatment of Offenders with Mental Illness" passes Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

• A2476 which creates "State rental assistance program" passed Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee.

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Other Legislative Alerts

• National Mental Health Association
• National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
• Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

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New Jersey Legislative Resources

• The Structure of New Jersey State Government
• How a Bill Becomes a Law in New Jersey
• Find Your Elected Officials by Zip Code
• Register to vote in New Jersey
• League of Women Voter's New Jersey Guide to Government - How to vote, election dates, election calendar, and communicating with elected officials
• Join MHANJ's Legislative Network

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National Legislative Resources

• President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Releases Its Report
• Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings
• The Structure of the United States Government
• Federal Legislative Process
• Register to vote
• NJ Mental Health Consumers Vote!
• Join MHANJ's Legislative Network

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Legislative Agendas

• Disability Budget Coalition
• National Mental Health Association
• Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey
• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
• National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
• National Mental Health Consumer's Clearinghouse

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General Legislative Information

• Current Legislation being monitored by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey
• MHANJ Advocacy Partnerships
• Housing Information and Legislation
• Take action - find your elected officials by zip code

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MHANJ Policy Papers

• MHANJ Public Policy Statement Regarding Use of Tobacco among Mental Health Consumers

• MHANJ Public Policy Statement Regarding Sexual Harassment, Abuse or Assault of Mental Health Consumers

• MHANJ testimony on the Proposed FY'04 Budget on children and adult consumers

• Impact of the Proposed FY'04 Budget on children and adult consumers

• Access to Mental Health Treatment

• Adolescent Suicide

• Including County Mental Health Administrators in the planning and coordination regarding public health emergencies

• Children’s Initiative and the Fiscal Year 2003 Budget

• Housing Policy

• Inclusion of Mental Health in County Crisis Plan

• Involuntary Outpatient Commitment

• Lien Legislation Policy Statement

• Lien Legislation Testimony

• Medication Policy Statement

• Multifamily Housing Preservation and Receivership Bill and the Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act

• Mental Health Parity Bill A2487

• Public Advocate Restoration Act of 2002

• Redirection II Bridge Fund and the Fiscal Year 2003 Budget

• Supported Employment

• Work First New Jersey Program

• Community Health Law Project & Mental Health Association seek amendments for NJ Prescription Drug Program

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Other Policy Papers

• The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: Updated Information Available on the Housing Rights of People with Disabilities

• Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey Outline of Proposed New Jersey State Housing Policy

• Housing New Jersey’s Workforce: Instituting A New Jersey State Housing Policy

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The Cutting Edge - MHANJ's Legislative Newsletter

• Volume 1, issue 1

• Volume 1, Issue 2

• Volume 1, Issue 3

• Volume 1, Issue 4

• Volume 1, Issue 5

• Volume 1, Issue 6

• Volume 1, Issue 7

• Volume 1, Issue 8

• Volume 1, Issue 9

• Volume 1, Issue 10

• Volume 2, Issue 1

• Volume 2, Issue 2

• Volume 2, Issue 3

• Volume 2, Issue 4

• Volume 2, Issue 5

• Volume 2, Issue 6

• Volume 2, Issue 7

• Volume 2, Issue 8

• Volume 2, Issue 9

• Volume 2, Issue 10

• Volume 2, Issue 11

• Volume 3, Issue 1

• Volume 3, Issue 2

• Volume 3, Issue 3

• Volume 3, Issue 4

• Volume 3, Issue 5

Consumer Viewpoint - MHANJ's newsletter on issues that affect consumers

• Volume 1, Issue 1
• Volume 1, Issue 2
• Volume 1, Issue 3
• Volume 1, Issue 4
• Volume 2, Issue 1
• Volume 2, Issue 2
• Volume 2, Issue 3
• Volume 2, Issue 4
• Volume 3, Issue 1
• Volume 3, Issue 2
  
  
   

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