Biden Pushes For Interstate Licensing Of Mental Health Providers

Increasing interstate access to telehealth in order to expand mental health treatment is a pillar of a White House fact sheet describing policies underlying President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Tuesday (Feb. 7). In addition to increasing funding for interstate licensing compacts, the White House is seeking to expand the BRAVE program, which is a virtual behavioral health center providing services 24/7 to military service members and their families and support the Veterans Administration in launching a new...