Mental-health advocates disappointed in latest bill

Modern healthcare:  A key Senate committee has released a bipartisan draft of a mental-health reform bill (PDF), but advocates are disappointed that some of the changes they think are most important have been left out.“If this were to pass as is, it would be of no benefit to (people with) severe mental illness,” said John Snook, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center.Advocates and lawmakers have agreed that this legislative session is a real opportunity for mental-health reform, and members of both parties have been proposing bills and talking across the aisle.

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