Policy Update Tag: Community-Based Care
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...
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 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...
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...