News Archive

AMHCA Pushes for LMHC Medicare Reimbursement in Senate Health Bill 09/28/09

Ask your U.S. Senator to support Medicare reimbursement of LMHCs by voting aye to Senator Lincoln’s D3 amendment to America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009.

One Signature from Mental Health Counselor Licensure in California, the Fiftieth State 09/11/09

The mental health counseling profession has come one signature away from achieving licensure in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. On September 10, 2009, the California Senate passed SB 788, a bill allowing for the licensure of mental health counselors in California. SB 788 now awaits signature by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, so it may be enacted into law.

AMHCA Remembers Senator Kennedy, Champion of Mental Health Counselors 08/26/09

AMHCA remembers Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a United States Senator who for decades tirelessly championed the importance of mental health care.

AMHCA Celebrates Leadership Training & Annual Conference 07/29/09

AMHCA has concluded its annual leadership training and conference with impressive results. A record 60 state leaders attended Leadership Training with 31 state chapters represented. Conference attendance was up 20 percent over the previous year. W. Mark Hamilton,PhD, AMHCA’s Executive Director and CEO, commented, “This is a wonderful sign of AMHCA’s vitality and member dedication.”