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Patty Murray: “We have to implement the Mental Health Care ACCESS Act. We need to meet the goal of hiring 1,600 new mental health care…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
We have to implement the Mental Health Care ACCESS Act. We need to meet the goal of hiring 1,600 new mental health care professionals.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Stressing the need to hire more mental health professionals to improve veterans' care.

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