Tag: Policy Guidance
Behavioral Health Emergency Response Initiative (BHERi)
SUMMARY - The Behavioral Health Emergency Response Initiative (BHERi) is a joint national venture seeking to improve the response to 911 calls that involve a person experiencing a mental health emergency. BHERi’s goal is...
Joe Straus: New Tom Luce Policy Fund honors one of Texas’ best public servants
December 4, 2025 – Joe Straus, the former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, published a column in the Dallas Morning News praising the lifelong leadership and public service of Tom Luce, the founding…
Behavioral Health Tech 2025
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Behavioral Health Tech 2025
By Geoffrey Melada | Nov. 18, 2025 The Meadows Institute was proud to serve as the premier policy partner for Behavioral Health Tech 2025, the nation’s largest conference dedicated to expanding access to mental health…
Why Policy Could Make or Break the Next Wave of Health Innovation
October 29, 2025 – The Meadows Institute’s chief innovation officer, Kacie Kelly, was featured on Behavioral Health Tech’s Expanding Access podcast to discuss the impact of policy on behavioral health innovation. Kelly discusses topics such…
Transforming Mental Health Care in the Paso del Norte Region
A Conversation with Enrique Mata, Executive Director of the Meadows Institute’s Paso del Norte Center By Rebecca Tharp | June 6, 2025 Enrique Mata, executive director of the Paso del Norte Center at the Meadows…
How RFK Jr., Democrats and Republicans found common ground over food labels in Texas
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune on June 2, 2025. In a world that pretends the brain is not part of the body, this bill will put tools in the hands of…
Behavioral health center in West Texas needs support from Austin
In an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, Miriam Pearsall, the chief of staff for policy and population health at the Meadows Institute, tells the story of her late cousin, Daryl, who died at the age of…
“Now is the time to lean in”
Five Takeaways from the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition Behavioral Health Pre-Conference Forum By Geoffrey Melada | May 7, 2025 From left: Meadows Institute Chief Policy Officer John Snook, Meadows Institute Chief Innovation Officer…
Artificial Intelligence & Mental Health
Artificial Intelligence & Health Care Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most transformative technological advancements of our time. It has become a part of our daily lives, from voice assistants on our smartphones to…
Meadows Institute Takes to Capitol Hill in Support of Measurement-Based Assessment and Care for Serious Mental Illness
By Geoffrey Melada | May 23, 2024 From left: Josie Cooper, executive director of the Alliance for Patient Access, Reyna Taylor, senior vice president of public policy at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Meadows…
“Access, access, access”: pediatric collaborative care takes center stage at Advancing Behavioral Health and Policy Summit
By Geoffrey Melada | December, 2023 Jason Richie, director of public health, Milken Institute (l), and Meadows Institute’s Vice President of Care Innovation Clare McNutt field questions from the audience at the Advancing Behavioral Health…
“Now is an opportunity to be engaged”: Highlights from the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference
A diverse array of behavioral health providers, health plans, investment firms, startups, as well as some of the leading minds in national mental health policy, flocked to Phoenix, Arizona last week for the 2023 Behavioral…
Top five takeaways from the first ever policy track at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute proudly partnered with Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech to lead the first ever policy track at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference, held Nov. 15 – 17 in Phoenix, Arizona….
State Hospital Redesign & Inpatient Capacity Expansion: 2017-2025
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...