Library of Publications

Environmental Scan: Building More Effective, Coordinated Models of Care (Massachusetts Hoarding Resource Network)

July 28, 2026

Lee Shuer

Massachusetts lacks sufficient specialized and in-home support to help older adults and others with hoarding conditions avoid eviction and homelessness, according to an environmental scan completed by the Massachusetts Hoarding Resource Network (MHRN).

MAMH 2025 Annual Report

May 27, 2026

MAMH

The 2025 Annual Report summarizes activities and goals accomplished in 2025 by our policy, education, and communication teams.

MAMH testimony supporting H.1128/S.708: An Act preserving access to treatment for patients with serious mental illnesses

November 12, 2025

MAMH

MAMH testimony supporting H.1128/S.708, An Act preserving access to treatment for patients with serious mental illnesses (Rep. Decker/Sen. Cronin).

Testimony in support of H.1135/S.709, An Act for supportive care for serious mental illness, and H.1276/S.703, An Act relative to Community Behavioral Health Centers

October 31, 2025

MAMH

Testimony submitted by MAMH and Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC) in support of H.1135/S.709 and H.1276/S.703 to members of the Joint Committee on Financial Services.

Testimony in support of H. 2198, An Act reducing emergency department boarding and H. 2199, An Act ending unnecessary hospitalizations

October 31, 2025

MAMH

Testimony submitted jointly by MAMH and Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC). These bills establish basic, legal safeguards for people involuntarily detained under Section 12(a).

Symposium Summary: Collaboration Between Community Behavioral Health Providers and Schools

July 17, 2025

MAMH

This document summarizes a full day symposium held in November 2024 where attendees discussed the importance of partnerships between providers and schools to provide timely and effective behavioral health services for students who may be at risk of crisis.

Proposed Legislation that Advances Tele-Behavioral Health in Schools

July 8, 2025

MAMH

An MAMH policy summary detailing proposed legislation to advance effective, sustainable, and scalable tele-behavioral health programs in schools in the Commonwealth, and positive implications for the broader Massachusetts behavioral health delivery service system.

Written Testimony in Support of H.2221/S.1384, An Act relative to student mental health

June 30, 2025

MAMH

MAMH testimony strong urging passage of H.2221 and S.1384, An Act relative to student mental health filed June 30, 2025.

Written Testimony to Increase Primary Care Expenditures

June 3, 2025

MAMH

MAMH submitted testimony to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing in support of bills that would increase primary care expenditures as a percentage of total health care expenditures.

Comments to MassHealth re: Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)

June 2, 2025

MAMH

MAMH with MHLAC submitted comments to MassHealth on draft regulations 130 CMR 464.000: Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT). We support the expansion of PACT programs through the creation of a MassHealth fee-for-service program.

Accelerating Adoption of the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) in Massachusetts: Effectively Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

May 27, 2025

Michael Yuhas, MA

The Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) is an evidence-based model of integrating behavioral health care with primary care to produce better health, provide lifesaving care for patients, and cost savings for systems. Learn more in this issue brief.

Protecting Progress: The Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts on Behavioral Health Services in MA

March 31, 2025

MAMH and the Children's Mental Health Campaign (CMHC)

This slide deck is from the CMHC and MAMH webinar, "Protecting Progress," which discussed proposed FY26 state budget cuts and their far-reaching consequences for people with behavioral health conditions, their families, and communities across the Commonwealth.