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w w w . T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g Get Ready for Hill Day: Essentials for Your Capitol Hill Visits Rebecca Farley and Kirsten Reed National Council for Behavioral Health C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

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Goals of Hill Day • Educate policymakers • Build and nurture support for behavioral health issues • Demonstrate the commitment of the community • Have fun!!!! C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Schedule Overview: Monday • 7:30am: Breakfast & Check-in • 8:30am–12:00pm:  Medicaid in the 113 th Congress , Kelly Whitener  Excellence in Mental Health Act: An Update from the Hill, Alex Sheff & Louis Agnello  Future Directions of U.S. Health Policy, Susan Dentzer  Health Reform, Essential Community Providers, and Parity: Putting the Pieces Together for Behavioral Health , Dr. Eugene Susan Dentzer Freund, CCIIO • 12:00pm–1:00pm: Lunch C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Monday Schedule (cont.) “A” Breakout Sessions • A1. Mental Health First Aid in the States: A Toolkit for Action: Lee Johnson & Emily Jenkins • A2. Perspectives on Parity from Managed Care: Pamela Greenburg, Marianne Burdison, Adam Easterday, Bradley Lerner • A3. Tools for Success on the Hill: Laurie Markle • A4. Realizing the Promise of Health IT for Behavioral Health: Michael R. Lardiere C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Monday Schedule (cont.) “B” Breakout Sessions • B1. CBHCs: What Are They and Why Should I Care? Laura Heebner, Deborah Ekstrom, Rebecca Farley • B2. Get Your Clients Enrolled, Jenny Sullivan • B3. Advanced Messaging: Effective Communications in an Era of Budget Cuts, Catherine Finley C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Monday Schedule (cont.) • 3:30pm–4:00pm White House Update , Sarah Bianchi • 4:00pm–5:00pm The 2013 Hill Day Asks : Summary and Discussion, Chuck Ingoglia, Al Guida, & Catherine Finley • 5:30-7:00 p.m. Capitol Hill Reception C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Schedule Overview: Tuesday • 7:30am–9:00am Breakfast and State Delegation Meet-up • 9:00am–9:30am Hill Day Send-off • 9:30am–10:00am Capitol Steps Photo • 10:00am–5:00pm Hill Visits! • 5:00pm – 7:00pm Attendee Reception, Sponsored by MHRRG/Negley C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Capitol Hill Reception w w w . T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g • This year’s Legislators of the Year are:  Behavioral Health Champion Sen. Mark Begich (AK)  Legislators of the Year Sen. Kelly Ayotte (NH) Sen. Roy Blunt (MO) Sen. Marco Rubio (FL) Rep. Ron Barber (AZ) Rep. Lynn Jenkins (KS) Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ) Sen. Mark Begich C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Capitol Hill Reception (cont.) w w w . T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g This year’s Advocacy Leadership Award winners are:  Exceptional Individual Achievement Sue Abderholden, NAMI-MN  Outstanding Organizational Leadership The Carter Center Mental Health Program  Visionary Leadership by an Elected Official California Senator Darrell Steinberg  Lifetime Achievement in Advocacy Ron Brand C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

What issues will we talk to our Members of Congress about? C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ISSUE: The community behavioral health safety net is strained for funding and other resources, limiting Americans’ access to care. • The coverage expansions under healthcare reform will lead to increased demand in services, greater provider accountability for health outcomes • States have cut over $4 billion from behavioral health services over the last 4 years • Reimbursements are not sufficient in most places to cover the actual cost of providing services • Lack of a definition for community behavioral health means no data, standards of care C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ASK: Please cosponsor the Excellence in Mental Health Act (S. 264/H.R. 1263). • Creates federal definition/criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) • Improves Medicaid reimbursement for CBHC services • Makes CBHC services mandatory in Medicaid • Supports modernization/construction of CBHCs. Sen. Roy Sen. Debbie Rep. Doris Rep. Leonard Blunt, R-MO Stabenow, D-MI Matsui, D-CA Lance, R-NJ C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ISSUE: Community behavioral health organizations can’t access federal payments for their use of health information technology. • Behavioral health organizations are not currently eligible for federal health IT incentives – and many types of BH providers are also excluded.  People who receive care at CBHOs will not benefit from the benefits of HIT usage  Limits communication among behavioral health, primary care, and other providers C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ASK: Please Co-sponsor the Behavioral Health Information Technology Act (H.R. 2957) • H.R. 2957 makes BH facilities and Sen. Sheldon certain providers eligible for Whitehouse, D ‐ RI payments  Expands the list of eligible professionals to include clinical psychologists  Allows mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities that have at least 10% their patient volume attributable to Medicaid recipients to receive facility payments Rep. Tim Murphy, R ‐ PA C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ISSUE: Lack of awareness about behavioral health conditions creates stigma and reduces access to care. • More than 20% of Americans will experience a mental health or substance use condition annually. • While many Americans know how to administer first aid and seek medical help should they come across a person having a heart attack, few are trained to provide similar help to someone experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ASK: Please Co-sponsor the Mental Health First Aid Act (S. 153/H.R. 274) • $20 million in grants for MHFA training programs • Eligible entities: states, political subdivisions of states, tribes, tribal organizations, nonprofits • Grants will be distributed across geographical regions, with a focus on rural areas • Elements of MHFA Act included in S. 689 Rep. Ron Barber, Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Sen. Mark Sen. Kelly D ‐ AZ R ‐ KS Begich, D ‐ AK Ayotte, R ‐ NH C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ASK: Push for action on Mental Health Awareness & Improvement Act (S. 689) • Reauthorizes existing mental health programs (suicide prevention, child trauma, etc.) • Provides $20 million for “mental health awareness training”  Defined as evidence-based programs for recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, providing education regarding treatment resources available in the community, and the safe de-escalation of crisis situations • 22 bipartisan cosponsors in Senate; no House companion bill C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7

Hill Day Asks ISSUE: Major spending cuts have been proposed as part of the 2014 budget, which would decimate behavioral health funding. • FY2013 sequester has already reduced access to treatment and supportive services for hundreds of thousands of people and sharply cut research funding. • Additional cuts proposed in 2014 budget would further harm these important programs. C o n t a c t : C o m m u n i c a t i o n s @ T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l . o r g | 2 0 2 . 6 8 4 . 7 4 5 7