Tag: Policy Guidance
State Hospital Redesign & Inpatient Capacity Expansion: 2017-2023
SUMMARY - Since 2016, the Texas Legislature has invested over $3.6 billion toward developing a modernized state hospital system, informed by data-driven policy guidance provided by the Meadows Institute.
Uvalde, Comal, & Hays Counties Introduce Multi-Systemic Therapy Team to Support At-Risk Youth at Kickoff Event
On July 26, the Meadows Institute participated in a kickoff event to introduce a new Multisystemic Therapy (MST) specialized response team supporting at-risk youth in Uvalde, Comal, and Hays Counties. The event, hosted by Hill…
Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety – HB 1537
SUMMARY - On April 17, Chief Medical Officer Roshni Koli, MD, provided invited testimony before the House Select Committee on Youth Health and Safety in support of House Bill 1537. HB 1537, by Representative...
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 HB 1571. HB 1571, by Representative J.M. Lozano, would allow...
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 in favor of SB 26. SB 26, by Senator Lois...
Meadows Institute President & CEO Testifies on Need for Mental Health & Brain Research Institute of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, today gave invited testimony before the Texas House Higher Education Committee on the importance of legislation to create the Mental Health…
Texas House Committee on Higher Education – The Mental Health & Brain Research Institute of Texas
SUMMARY – On March 20, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Texas House Higher Education Committee on the importance of legislation to create the Mental Health and Brain Research...
Texas House Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY - On February 15, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Texas House Appropriations Committee in a hearing on behavioral health funding for the 2024-25 biennium.
Setting the Record Straight on Mental Health & Texas
Ongoing criticisms that Texas is lagging behind the rest of the country in mental health, and that our leaders haven’t taken it seriously enough and made it a priority, are not only wrong, they are…
“Ghost Networks” for Mental Health
This article was originally published by Mindsite News on March 31, 2022. Senate finance committee goes to bat for mental health parity The United States Senate Committee on Finance held its third hearing on mental…
County awards contract for Mental Health Needs Assessment
This article was originally published by the Hays Free Press on March 30, 2022. HAYS COUNTY — Hays County is making progress in addressing the area’s mental health needs. On March 22, the Hays County…
‘Time Has Run Out’: Senate Committee Sends Strong Message About Mental Health Parity Enforcement
This article was originally published by Behavioral Health Business on March 30, 2022. Members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee put insurers on notice as they explored ways to better enforce the 13-year-old parity enforcement…
Texans Have the Lowest Access to Mental Health Professionals but There is a Path Forward
This article was written by Bill Smith and Meadows Institute CEO Andy Keller and was originally published by Dallas Morning News on November 5, 2021. The exacerbation of mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Press Release: Senator Jane Nelson Honored with First Tom Luce Award for Mental Health
AUSTIN – Senator Jane Nelson, whose contributions to better mental health policy, particularly for children, have helped Texas vastly improve its mental health care systems, was named the first recipient of The Tom Luce Award…
