2019 APA Practice Leadership Conference - March 9th - 12th, 2019

The Practice Leadership Conference (PLC) brings together psychologists from the State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Associations (SPTAs) across the U.S. and Canada, along with APA governance and a few divisions. PLC is an opportunity for SPTA leaders to network and converse about professional issues, association management challenges, and trends occurring at the state and federal level. This year’s conference focused on “Advocacy and Leadership”.

NPA's delegation that attended 2020 PLC in Washington D.C. were: Dr. Adrianna Wechsler Zimring, Federal Advocacy Coordinator, Dr. Jordan Soper, Early Career Psychologist delegate, Dr. Sandra Gray, Diversity delegate and Wendi O'Connor, Executive Director.

Advocacy Efforts on Capitol Hill, March 12th, 2019

• Congress Should Pass the Medicare Mental Health Access Act, H.R. 884
• Congress Should Pass the Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act, H.R. 1301

• Congress Should Protect Coverage for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Our NPA delegate met with Nevada Senator Cortez Masto, Senator Rosen, Congressman Horsford, Congressman Amodei, Congresswoman Titus and Congresswoman Lee to discuss these important issues.