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MHAM Advocacy Guide

The Mental Health Association of Maryland's Advocacy Guide contains everything you need to get involved in and help influence legislation and public policy regarding all aspects of mental health and illness.

Click here to download the
2007 Advocacy Guide.

Find your local legislators

Would you like to know who represents you in the Maryland General Assembly and U.S. Congress?

To find out, click here.

You'll be taken to the state of Maryland's web site, where you can use the interactive search to find your current elected officials and current Congressional & Legislative election district.

 

Maryland Insurance Administration
1-800-492-6116

Attorney General's Office Health Advocacy Unit
1-877-261-8807

The Maryland Disability Law Center
1-800-233-7201

 

 

"The moral test of government is how well that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children, those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly, and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."

Hubert H. Humphrey
1911-1978
 
"There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed."

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784