1041 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

Marc Snyder (D)

Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes: Good mental health is critical to a child’s success in school and in life. Research shows that students who receive mental health support do better academically. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes: I support additional funding for follow-up care. With follow up care, individuals can receive support to overcome emotional distress and begin to rebuild their life. ...

Adrienne Benavidez (D)

Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes Do you support extreme risk protection orders? Yes Do you support strengthening laws and transparency requirements compelling insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders that is equal to the coverage ...

Bob Lane (R)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes Do you support extreme risk protection orders? No Do you support strengthening laws and transparency requirements compelling insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders that is equal to the coverage provided for a physical illness? No Do you support strengthening requirements that insurance ...

Rochelle Galindo (D)

Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes: I work in a elementary school where mental health services are only available for two days a week. That is not enough. Students need these resources everyday to ensure their mental health is on a positive note to allow them to grow and learn in a classroom. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes: As a Greeley city council member, I supported a program that provided ...

Jared Polis (D)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes: Making sure our children have access to quality mental health care resources in the places where they spend the majority of their days, their schools, is a critical need in districts across the state. I will work with local communities to identify and fund opportunities to expand rural school-based health clinics, and I will follow the lead of counties and municipalities, such as Eagle County, to fund clinics through targeted ...

Walker Stapleton (R)

Click here for more information on the candidate. Do you support school policies and funding that increase the availability of mental health services in schools and early childhood settings? Yes: I would like to see us dedicate more resources to mental health services in schools. I will work with the legislature to find ways to help districts hire and retain the mental health professionals we need at schools. Do you support additional funding for follow-up care for individuals after a suicide attempt or overdose? Yes, but I think one of the main ways to do this follow-up care ...

EQUAL COVERAGE FOR ALL

How can we mend Colorado's mental health? We can start by enforcing the law. Under state and federal mental health parity laws, most insurance carriers are required to provide equal coverage for mental and physical care. But these laws, like any, are effective only if they’re enforced. The evidence suggests that’s not happening. If you’re fighting a mental health or substance use disorder, or caring for a loved one who is, you probably don’t have enough time or money to fight an insurance company. And you shouldn’t have to. Click here to learn more about your rights and resources to help you navigate the system.

EQUAL COVERAGE FOR ALL

October 1, 2018 Are you better off now than you were 10 years ago? When it comes to mental health care, the answer ought to be yes. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act—requiring equal coverage for mental and physical care—was signed into law in 2008. A decade later, we still have a long way to go. Join us at the State Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 12:30 p.m. to celebrate the 10th anniversary of mental health parity and preview the road ahead. If you can’t make it in person, watch our livestream at facebook.com/mentalhealthCO. Together we can ensure that equal coverage is more than a paper promise. -Andrew ...

MILLIMAN RESEARCH REPORT: MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH DISPARITIES

According to the Milliman Research Report,  Colorado’s insurers pay mental health professionals 30 percent less than they pay other providers. Some mental health professionals tell us even when they try to join insurance networks, they’re turned away. As a result, Coloradans are going out of network seven times more often for mental health and substance use services than for physical care. Read the full study here.

Equal Coverage For All

DENVER, Sept. 28—Coloradans go out of network for mental health care around seven times as often as they do for physical  care. Mental health providers are reimbursed at rates about 40 percent lower than other health care providers according to a 2017 study that looked at equality in health care. Wednesday, Oct. marks the 10th anniversary of the “Parity Act.” The act made mental health coverage equal to physical health coverage. And although the mental health and substance use community has made great strides toward this goal, there is still a long way to go. Join Mental Health Colorado and the Colorado Coalition for Parity and hear the ...