Our Goal
Maryland Families for Access to Comprehensive Treatment (Maryland FACT) seeks to expand mental health care resources for all residents of Maryland. Many residents are critically underserved by mental health resources that are unavailable, are too far away, or are too expensive.
To achieve this goal, we are supporting a legislative effort to allow specially-qualified psychologists to prescribe mental health medication, in collaboration with patients' primary care physicians. This will help increase both the quality of care and access to care for people who need mental health services.
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News
Mental Health Parity Bill Passes
The Mental Health Parity Bill became law on October 3, 2008. This means that group health plans with 50 or more employees must cover mental health benefits in the same way as physical health benefits.
Summary of the law from the American Psychological Association.