Farry Looks To Share Mental Health/Substance Abuse Info

farry
farry - bucks county

Earlier this month, Reps. Frank Farry (R-Bucks), Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) and Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) co-sponsored a bill advocating the sharing of mental health and physical health information among providers in Pennsylvania. (Currently, this is not allowed.) Farry frames in light of the opioid epidemic and addiction issues in the main. 

“These existing mental health and substance abuse laws were written in the 1970s,” said Farry, chair of the House Human Services Committee. “We know so much more now about treating the whole person. These changes are overdue, but with so many of our friends and neighbors struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot wait any longer to give healthcare providers all of the tools they need to do their jobs.”

That’s one way of looking at it: But what about privacy? 

Joey Sweeney

Joey Sweeney

Support the Beacon

We need your financial support in order to not only sustain, but grow this progressive media project for the long haul.

Support Us

Top 5

Follow Us

Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter

* indicates required

Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter

* indicates required

Progressive independent media doesn’t fund itself. We depend on reader support. Become a monthly sustainer. 

Fundraising Goal - 100 New Monthly Supporters
14%