www.jerrymoran.house.gov/

MHCC Report July 2004                          BSRB Report                                 Report Fall 2004

Report November 2005                           Report March 2006                       Report January 2007

Report March 2007                                  Mental Health Needs 2007            Report June 2007

Report October 2007                               Report March 2008                        November 2008


Mental Health Counselors included in Rural Health Care Legislation
Taken from Counseling Today, August 2006 Issue.

Kansas Advocacy Inspires Proposed Legislation to Allow the VA to hire Mental Health
Counselors
.*taken from the ACA's website: www.counseling.org
Additionally, an article about this issue can be found in the AMHCA July-August 2006 issue of the
Advocate, page 3.

ACA website:
www.capwiz.com/counseling/home/
The above website makes it super-simple to contact your legislator about national issues of
importance to counselors. The website provides the names of your senators and
representatives in Washington (as well as the President), and also offers a pre-made message
concerning the issue (or you can create your own. It also offers the choice between sending an
e-mail message or a letter. Your advocacy efforts are taken care of with a few keystrokes!

Deb Carlson Legislative Assistant HEIN LAW FIRM, CHARTERED 5845 SW 29th Street Topeka, KS
66614-2462 Phone (785)273-1441 Fax (785)273-9243 Email:
dcarlson@heinlaw.com  
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