To: The United States Senate
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act S.562
The Senior Mental Health Access Improvement Act has a long history of bipartisan support, having been passed by the Senate both in 2003 and 2005, when the Senate was under Republican control. The current version of the legislation is sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Barrasso (R.-Wyo.). We request that your Senator co-sponsor S. 562.
Why is this important?
State licensed clinical counselors with Masters and Doctorate degrees in Counseling and related fields have been blocked from providing quality and affordable counseling to seniors. Some counselors have been seeing Medicare clients under the supervision of a psychiatrist. Social workers and psychologists do not have such restrictions.