Brad Grantz | Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18) | Legislative Director
Tim Murphy
U.S. Congressman for the 18th District of Pennsylvania
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**THURSDAY**
Chairman Murphy to Announce Major Mental Health Reforms
Legislation will help families and patients in mental health crisis get access to life-saving care
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Contact: Dain Pascocello, 202.225.2301
Contact: Dain Pascocello, 202.225.2301
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18) is holding a press conference on Thursday, December 12th at 9:45 a.m. in Studio A of the House Radio-Television Correspondents' Gallery in the House Visitors Center, room 114 to introduce a legislative package of major mental health reforms.
This highly anticipated legislation comes after a year-long investigation led by House Energy &Commerce Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Murphy into the nation’s broken mental health system. Through his O & I Subcommittee meetings, forums, and hearings, Dr. Murphy’s legislative initiative will address: increasing inpatient and outpatient treatment options; clarifying standards used to commit an individual to medical care; updating legal framework to help families and physicians communicate during crisis; moving towards data-driven, evidence-based models of care so treatment is accessed not through the criminal justice system but the healthcare system.
WHAT: Mental health legislation press event
WHO: Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18), Chairman of Energy & Commerce Oversight & Investigations
WHEN: Thursday, December 12, 2013
9:45-10:15AM
WHERE: House Radio-Television Correspondents’ Gallery, House Visitors Center
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In his sixth term representing Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district encompassing suburban Pittsburgh including parts of Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Rep. Tim Murphy also serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps as a psychologist treating Wounded Warriors with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Prior to serving in Congress, Dr. Murphy, author of “The Angry Child” and “Overcoming Passive-Aggression,” was a practicing psychologist specializing in child and family treatment.
Murphy Press | Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18)
