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Project Healing Hive is working at the Federal, State and Local levels in support of the following Policy Priorities
Advocacy Efforts
Priority #1
Opioid
Alternatives
Pain management IS a mental health issue
Our Position:
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Patients must be educated and informed about all available, safe, and effective options to treat acute and chronic pain, especially alternative and integrative therapies
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Health care providers must be trained, utilizing a trauma-informed approach, in the unique needs of patients seeking treatment for acute and chronic pain, available non-opioid treatment options, including evidence-based CAM therapies.
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Establishment of policies and regulations that support (through payment and reimbursement models) the full range of treatment options for patients in acute or chronic pain.
Our Work:
PHH Signs Letter Urging the CMS to Implement NOPAIN Act Sooner
PHH Signs Letter to Congressional Leadership Urging Passage of NOPAIN Act in End-Of-Year Package
PHH goes to DC with Voices for Non-Opioid Choices
PHH Founder's Letter to the Philly Inquirer Editor
PHH Letter to Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey in Support of NOPAIN Act
PHH Partners with Voices for Non-Opioid Choices in fight against Opioid Addiction
PHH Urges PA House Committee on Health to Propose Legislation that Promotes Access to Complementary Therapies as Non-Opioid Alternatives for the Treatment of Pain
Update:
NOPain Act
signed into law on 12/29/22
Priority #2
Community-Based Mental Health Services
Our Position:
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Local government and public entities must increase visibility of a wide range of community-based organizations that directly provide behavioral health services to families
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Local School Districts, Townships, and Counties must increase access to mental health services/programs through sponsorship/membership programs that provide community based low- or no-cost complementary and alternative behavioral services for their constituents
Our Work:
PHH Letter of Support for PA House Bill 2022 School Based Behavioral Health Assistance
PHH Letter of Support for PA Senate Bill 844 Mental Health Days K12
PHH Letter of Support for PA House Bill 2468 School Mental Health Grant
PHH Creation of the Better-Aid Program
PHH Creation of the Bridge Program
Priority #3
Our Position:
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Both public and private health insurers must recognize and reimburse CBT-CAM Integrative Therapies as standard mental health treatments
Our Work:
*MORE INFO ON OUR WORK IN THIS AREA COMING SOON*
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