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		<title>Congress Passes Legislation That Will Affect Mental Health Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Medicare recipients currently receiving mental health outpatient services stand to be affected by the payroll tax legislation passed by Congress today. As a result of the new law, which President Obama is expected to sign, payment for Medicare outpatient psychotherapy services will be cut by 5 percent beginning on March 1. &#8220;Some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Psychological Association Applauds Prop 8 Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association praised today’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a U.S. District Court’s 2010 decision overturning Proposition 8. APA had filed a brief in the case (Perry vs. Brown) providing the scientific research relevant to the association’s support for marriage equality for same-sex couples. Proposition 8 took away the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Explores Plan for Reducing Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following Congressional Hearing, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Recommends Strengthening Data on Child Fatalities to Improve Prevention and Reduce Deaths WASHINGTON, DC (June 13, 2011) A congressional hearing held on July 12 about child deaths due to maltreatment called on national experts to explain why the number of child deaths has been undercounted. The hearing coincided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers Want Brain Trauma Rehabilitation Included in Health Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) are calling for including brain trauma rehabilitation services as essential benefits in the health reform law. Pascrell, co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to ensure the most effective care is provided under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Suicide Prevention Bill Introduced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suicide prevention programs targeting at-risk youth would get more money under bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). The measure would authorize the federal government to award up to $45 million annually to help states and institutions prevent youth suicide. Included the legislation are portions of Durbin&#8217;s Mental Health on College Campuses Act, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Social Work Caucus Tackles Social Safety Net Issues in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Work Bills in the House and Senate are Reintroduced on World Social Work Day WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10), with the support of other professional Social Workers in Congress and national organization leaders, launched a Congressional Social Work Caucus, and reintroduced the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado Bill Seeks to Limit Use of Solitary Confinement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado legislators are seeking to limit the number of inmates with mental illness who can be placed into solitary confinement. The legislation would require state prisons to have a physician evaluate inmates with such illnesses as bipolar mood disorders or paranoid schizophrenia before they&#8217;re placed in solitary confinement. A state report found that the percentage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Law Increased Number of Children Screened</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts law requiring doctors to offer routine mental health screening to all children in the state&#8217;s Medicaid program has resulted in an increase in the rates of those screened, according to a study of the program. From 2008 to the first quarter of 2000, the percentage of children screened increased from 17 percent to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASW Hails Supreme Court Decision Protecting Victims of Child Rape and Overturning Louisiana Death Penalty for Child Rape</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a precedent-setting 5-4 decision, reversing a May 2007 ruling of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and holding that the imposition of the death penalty for child rape violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.  The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and its Louisiana Chapter filed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking News: House Passes Mental Health Parity Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 5th the House of Representatives passed landmark comprehensive legislation requiring private health insurance plans to use the same treatment limitations and financial requirements for mental health and addictive disorder coverage as is used for other covered services. H.R. 1424, the &#8220;Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007,&#8221; introduced by Representatives [...]]]></description>
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