Legislative Update — Ariel Cohen, MA, LMFT

CAMFT Facebook Page Legislative Updates
December 2022, January, February, March and April 2023

12/23/22

CAMFT’s Medicare bill has been passed! Both the Senate and the House have passed the Omnibus package that includes MFTs as Medicare providers! The package is being sent to the President for his signature. We'll keep you posted. We want to express tremendous gratitude for Rep. Mike Thompson @RepThompson, Rep. John Katko @RepJohnKatko , Sen. John Barrasso @SenJohnBarrasso, Sen. Debbie Stabenow @SenStabenow, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi, for all their hard work on this important mental health legislation! #MedicareneedsMFTs #bigwinformentalhealth.

3/4/23

Advocacy in Action: CAMFT Board member Ronald Mah celebrating CA Senator Nancy Skinner at a recent event. @NancySkinnerCA #mentalhealthmatters #advocatingformentalhealth.

3/5/23

CAMFT thanks Bindu Khurana, Ronald Mah, Sumaya Nahar, and Genevieve Altwer for celebrating Assemblymember Alex Lee at his 2023 Lunar New Year fundraiser. @alex_lee #mentalhealthmatters #advocatingformentalhealth.

3/27/23

Honoring Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry @asmaguiarcurry as CAMFT's Legislator of the Year! #grateful #mentalhealthmatters.

4/5/23

Medicare coverage for MFTs is now law, but what happens next? Find out with our upcoming webinar series! Register for the webinars and find more info at www.camft.org/medicare.

Ariel Cohen, MA, LMFT, maintains a full-time private practice in Woodland Hills, CA. He works with children, teens, adults and families, with an emphasis on supporting the special needs community. He can be contacted at 818.674.9834 or ArielCohenLMFT@gmail.com.