Patrick J. Kennedy: “This is why it is time to pass the Telemental Health Expansion Act which I introduced, as I mentioned, with…”

I appreciate this is a bipartisan process, especially on mental health, which affects every family.

When we have an emergency, FEMA comes in. They've got housing, job opportunities, support of this and that. We need a strategy that understands that housing is critical to address the homeless epidemic of people with severe mental illness…

the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has not been realized and that many Americans are encountering barriers when seeking professional help.

We all end up picking up the tab for not enforcing parity.