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OCR Page 1 of 81THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 6, 1999
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON MENTAL HEALTH:
WORKING FOR A HEALTHIER AMERICA
DATE:
June 7, 1999
LOCATION:
Blackburn Auditorium
Howard University
BRIEFING TIME:
11:35am - 11:50am
EVENT TIME:
12:30pm - 1:50pm
FROM:
Bruce Reed, Audrey Tayse-Haynes,
Marsha Scott
I.
PURPOSE
To bring together a broad coalition of consumers, providers, advocacy groups, business
leaders, state, local, and national elected officials, and leaders in the mental health
research and pharmacology, service delivery and insurance coverage - as well as
communities across the country through over 1,000 satellite sites - to increase awareness
on issues surrounding mental illness and its impact on people of all ages.
II.
BACKGROUND
Today, at the first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health, chaired by your
Mental Health Advisor Tipper Gore, the Clinton/Gore Administration will unveil
unprecedented measures to improve mental health. "We are taking new steps to
breakdown the myths and misperceptions of mental illness and to encourage and enable
Americans to get the care they need," said Tipper Gore. The Administration's proposals
provide parity, improve treatment, bolster research, and expand community responses to
help those with mental illnesses. Highlights of these initiatives include:
Ensuring that the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) -- the nation's
largest private insurer - implements full mental health and substance abuse parity.
Today, the Office of Personnel Management is sending a letter to the 285 participating
health plans informing them that starting next year they will have to offer full mental
health and substance abuse parity to participate in the program. This step will provide full
parity for nine million beneficiaries by next year and ensure that the Federal government
leads the way to providing parity. The Department of Labor is also launching a new
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