House panel advances mental health reform

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A House committee unanimously advanced a mental health bill that tries to reform how dozens of federal agencies treat people with depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the bill from Rep. Tim Murphy by a vote of 53-0, sending it to the House floor. Scaled back from its original form, the legislation would institute an assistant secretary of mental health and create a new panel to streamline the government’s many mental health programs, among other reforms.

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