In the recent post “Wellness and Capitol Hill”, I agreed that the health reform bill was actually a health insurance reform bill. The Legal Action Center’s blog, Policies and Politics commented on the bill in the post “Details on Expanded Health Coverage as Obama Signs Bill”.
In the interest of updating my opinion, I discovered two elements of the bill not about insurance coverage that deserved my immediate attention:
• SUD/MH workforce in health workforce development initiatives. The final bill includes the capacity of the MH and “behavioral health” workforce as high-priority topics in the bill’s National Workforce Strategy section.
• SUD prevention, treatment, and MH service providers to be eligible for community health team grants aimed at supporting medical homes. The final bill lists SUD and MH service providers among entities eligible for community health team grants.
So, curious guy that I am, I searched the web for the bill. It’s hard to find. So hard, I couldn’t find it this morning. This brings out the persistent guy in me, so I’m asking experts, searching government web sites, and asking readers to send me a link to the bill.
Where is it?
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