Policy Update Tag: Children and Youth
89th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap-Up
SUMMARY – The 89th Texas Legislature marked a decade of bipartisan commitment to mental health at the Texas Capitol, leveraging both budget and legislative...
Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety
SUMMARY - On July 31, Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Public Policy Institute, provided invited testimony before the...
88th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap-Up
SUMMARY – The 88th Legislature delivered a record $11.68 billion for behavioral health, an increase of more than 30% from the previous session. Senator...
Texas House Committee on Human Services – HB 1571
SUMMARY - On March 28, Chief Clinical Officer Hani Talebi, PhD, provided invited testimony before the House Committee on Human Services in support of...
Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety – HB 2638
SUMMARY – On March 27, Deputy Director of The Hackett Center Marcy Melvin provided invited testimony before the House Select Committee on Youth Health...
Senate Health & Human Services Committee – SB 26
SUMMARY - On March 22, Meadows Institute President & CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Senate Health & Human Services Committee...
House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety
SUMMARY - During his invited testimony, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, discussed the dramatic increase in mental health needs and pediatric ER visits...
87th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap-Up
SUMMARY - Throughout what was a challenging and, at times, divisive legislative session, one area of full agreement among state leaders was that mental...
Texas House Committee on Human Services – Interim Charge 2.1
SUMMARY – During the 86th Legislative Interim, in October 2020, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute provided the Texas House Committee on Human Services with...
86th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap-Up
SUMMARY - From a mental health perspective, the 86th Legislative Session was one of the most significant in recent memory.
86th Legislature Regular Session Behavioral Health Appropriations
SUMMARY - An overview of appropriations to mental and behavioral health made by the 86th Texas Legislature. From a mental health perspective, the 86th...
Texas House Committee on Human Services – SB 1177
SUMMARY - On May 14, 2019, Monica Thyssen, MMHPI Senior Director of Health Policy, was invited testimony on SB 1177 at the Texas House...
Texas House Committee on Public Health – SB 10
On May 1, 2019, MMHPI President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, was invited testimony on SB 10 at the Texas House Committee on Public...
Texas House Public Education Committee – SB 435
On April 30, 2019, Kate Volti, MMHPI Director of Program Innovation for Child and Family Policy, was invited testimony on SB 435 at the...
Texas Senate Committee on Health & Human Services – SB 1177
On April 9, 2019, Monica Thyssen, MMHPI Senior Director of Health Policy, was invited testimony on SB 1177 at the Texas Senate Committee on...
Texas Senate Committee on Education – SB 435
On March 19, 2019, Marcellina Melvin, MMHPI Director of Program Implementation for Child and Family Policy, was invited testimony on SB 435 at the...
Texas House Committee on County Affairs – Early Intervention
On March 7, 2019, MMHPI President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, was invited testimony at the House Committee on County Affairs. During his presentation,...
Texas Senate Committee on Health & Human Services – SB 10
On February 12, 2019, MMHPI President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, was invited testimony at the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services. Senate...
Texas House Committees on Public Health and Public Education
SUMMARY – During the 85th Legislative Interim, in June 2018, the Texas House Committees on Public Health and Public Education met to hear testimony....
Texas House Committees on Appropriations Subcommittee on Article II and General Investigating & Ethics
SUMMARY – During the 85th Legislative Interim, in June 2018, the Texas House Committees on Appropriations Subcommittee on Article II and General Investigating &...