It’s no secret that mental health is impacting Americans seemingly more than ever before.
So many incredible advocates and organizations are working to better the mental health of people across the United States.
Yet, much of the responsibility around funds and awareness falls to the government.
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Zishan Khan, a psychiatrist withMindpath Health.
Below are five mental health-centered bills to know, four of which are still awaiting passage.
The bill focuses on increasing mental health support for students, families, and educators across the country.
It passed the House the following month in an incredible show of bipartisanship at402-20.
On June 30, 2021 President Biden signed theSgt.
Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021into law.
It was named forSgt.
Congresswoman Cindy Axne (D-IA)first introduced the legislation in April 2021.
It took only two months to pass the Senate and be enacted into law.The legislation has two parts.
Veteran organizationssuch as theDisabled American Veteransand theWounded Warrior Projectendorsed the laws passage.
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“Its important that people arent defined by what they are diagnosed with.
