National Advocacy

Through our Washington, D.C. office, LAC advocates with Congress and the presidential administration to improve our federal laws and policies in order to:

Improve Health Responses to Addiction and Eliminate Discrimination Ensure that substance use prevention, treatment and recovery support services and providers are fully included as the Affordable Care Act is implemented; Expand funding for life-saving alcohol and drug treatment, prevention, and recovery services and research; End discrimination against people in recovery or suffering from addiction; Protect the privacy of treatment records and information.

Improve Criminal Justice Policy Support alternatives to incarceration and other community-based diversion programs for appropriate individuals; Support smarter more effective policies that cost less and make our communities safer; and End discrimination against people with criminal records and encourage re-entry.

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Highlights

Strengthening Health Responses to Addiction and Protecting Privacy LAC's full page on National Healthcare Reform Parity for Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Funding for Drug and Alcohol Services and Research “Health Policy Reform: A Roadmap for Smarter and More Effective National and State Alcohol and Drug Policies" Stopping the Revolving Prison Door: An Addiction Treatment Toolkit The National Advocacy Campaign, our joint initiative with the State Associations of Addiction Services (SAAS) Confidentiality and the E-Health Movement Free Publications Confidentiality and Communication: A Guide to the Federal Drug & Alcohol Confidentiality Law and HIPAA.

Improving Our Criminal Justice Policy The Second Chance Act National Blueprint for Reentry Toolkit: How to Use Byrne Justice Assistance Grants National Criminal Justice Commission Act Drug Law Sentencing Reform

Eliminating Discrimination Against People With Histories of Addiction/Criminal Records The National H.I.R.E. Network Advocacy Toolkits to Combat Legal Barriers Facing Individuals with Criminal Records One-Pagers on Ending Federal Barriers in Education, Employment, Housing, and Public Benefits Work to End the TANF/Welfare Drug Felony Ban “Health Policy Reform: A Roadmap for Smarter and More Effective National and State Alcohol and Drug Policies"