Mental Health
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Reed Announces $2.7 Million for RI Suicide Prevention and Mental Wellness
U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced Rhode Island will receive $2.69 million to help prevent youth suicide and improve the mental and behavioral health care that children, teens, and young adults receive. This federal funding was made available in part by the new health refo...
Posted on 9/20/2012 | -
The Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act
Mr. President, today I introduce, along with my colleague, Senator Stabenow, the Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act. According to the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island, 38,000 adults and 11,000 children in the state have a serious mental illness, and approx...
Posted on 3/29/2012 | -
RI to Receive Federal Support for Mental Health Pilot Program
In an effort to reduce health care costs and expand access for mental health services to Medicaid patients, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Rhode Island will be eligible to receive new...
Posted on 3/16/2012 | -
Reed, Red Sox Join Forces to Help Improve Military Mental Health
PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined with Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner and Rhode Island National Guard Major General Kevin R. McBride to unveil a new, bipartisan bill to help improve mental health services for members of the National Guard and Reserve. ...
Posted on 9/12/2011 | -
Reed Announces $480,000 to Help Prevent Youth Suicide in Rhode Island
In an effort to help prevent youth suicide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention Project (RIYSPP) will receive $480,000 to implement evidence-based suicide prevention education programs in selected public schools and commun...
Posted on 7/21/2011 | -
Working on a Bipartisan Basis on Laws to Help America
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Reed has worked on a bipartisan basis on laws to expand mental health care services and youth suicide prevention efforts, and to support the National Marrow Donor Program, which provides donor matching information for patients in need of a bone marrow transplant. He has also successfully pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen labeling and testing standards for sunscreen products.
Posted on 6/14/2011 | -
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Prevent Youth Suicide
WASHINGTON, DC-- In an effort to prevent youth suicide and reach out to young people who need mental health services, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Tom Udall (D-NM) today introduced the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2011....
Posted on 4/7/2011 |