Tag: Policy Implementation
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…
Texas has invested in the right policies for mental health
October 3, 2025 – The Dallas Morning News published the following essay by the Meadows Institute’s president and CEO, Andy Keller, on the investments the Texas Legislature has made over multiple sessions to make our…
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…
“The Bipartisan Issue of Our Generation”
Roshni Koli, the Meadows Institute’s chief medical officer, receives a prestigious appointment in the fight against suicide. By Geoffrey Melada | March 10, 2025 Dr. Roshni Koli, chief medical officer of the Meadows Mental Health…
Harris County contends with shortage of mental health workers despite landmark state investment
This article was originally published in Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Research’s Urban Edge on January 27, 2025. “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” Andy Keller,…
Mental health advocates ask Texas lawmakers to replace expiring COVID-19 relief funding
This article was published in The Texas Tribune on January 2, 2025. “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” said Andy Keller, president and CEO of the…
Could Texas do for Alzheimer’s research what it did for cancer?
This article was published in The Texas Tribune on November 21, 2024. News of a fund for dementia being made possible next year has been praised by health advocates. Andy Keller, president and CEO of the…
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute’s Statement on Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s Announcement of the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas
DALLAS – Nov. 18, 2024 – Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, released this statement applauding Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s announcement of the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of…
Blaming mass shootings on mental health is oversimplifying a complex problem, experts say
This article was published by WFAA on May 24, 2023. DALLAS — Each time it happens, Texas’s top leaders point the finger at one thing: mental illness. And it’s happened a lot. In 2017, 26…
Collaborative Care Implementation Costs Across Health Care Systems
Collaborative Care (CoCM) is an evidence-based treatment model for behavioral health integration. Typically implemented in general medical or pediatric settings, CoCM leverages the services of a specially trained behavioral health care manager to collaboratively manage…
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…