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		<title>Living With Someone Who Suffers From Mental Illness? Here’s When To Call The Police</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 18:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[caring for a loved one with mental illness during the COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIT-trained]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living with mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health Episodes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health support groups online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when to call police]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If you’re in the difficult position of caring for a loved one with mental illness during the COVID-19 epidemic, when is it time to involve law enforcement? With many of us under lockdown orders, actively sheltering in place &#8212; and &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/living-with-someone-who-suffers-from-mental-illness-heres-when-to-call-the-police/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
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		<title>Illinois Medicaid Program Advanced Cloud Technology (IMPACT) program</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Medicaid Program Advanced Cloud Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As of November 1, 2019, any prescription, referral, or order for medical tests must be written by a medical professional who is enrolled in the Illinois Medicaid Program Advanced Cloud Technology (IMPACT) program. This change applies to physicians, dentists, podiatrists, &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/illinois-medicaid-program-advanced-cloud-technology-impact-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/illinois-medicaid-program-advanced-cloud-technology-impact-program/">Illinois Medicaid Program Advanced Cloud Technology (IMPACT) program</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.namiccns.org">NAMI CCNS</a>.</p>
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		<title>Mental Health and Addiction Parity Month &#124; State of Illinois Mental Health Proclamation</title>
		<link>https://www.namiccns.org/mental-health-parity-illinois/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jackie Smolyar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy Alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Rauner Mental Health Proclamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Behavioral Health Waiver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION PARITY MONTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health and Parity Addiction Equity Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health parity laws]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since the inception of health care, mental illness has always been denied by insurance companies.  That is changing fast as mental health parity laws have been the conversation among the many that have been denied the same services afforded to &#8230; <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/mental-health-parity-illinois/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.namiccns.org/mental-health-parity-illinois/">Mental Health and Addiction Parity Month | State of Illinois Mental Health Proclamation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.namiccns.org">NAMI CCNS</a>.</p>
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