[SUICIDOLOGY] vote for mental health legisltion NOW

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I apologize if you receive more than one copy of this message...Please help

by giving it your immediate attention and widest distribution! Suicide has

become an epidemic in our area among teens as well as adults. This is one

way to get funding for this important issue. Take a moment to send a

message to your Senators and your Representative. The steps below outline

the easy process to follow...Thank you.

Vickie/ Central Texas Trauma Council

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From: Hellsten [ mailto:.Hellsten@...]

This is being sent across the Suicidology listserver. I haven't

looked at this legislation, but at face value seems like a very good

idea.

THIS WEEK is the time to vote for mental health legislation.

Contact your federal senators from your state and your federal

representative to vote for:

S2639 and HR 5091 (both the same bill, one for the house and

one for the senator) This was introduced by Senator Kennedy and

Domenici cosponsored by Welstone and appropriates $585 million

for mental health and $100 million for suicide prevention. This week

is the final vote.

To vote: Find: www.spanusa.org

Click on: find your senators and representatives

Follow instructions on-line and right a simple

2-sentence

letter urging them to vote now. (You can write more if you want, but

simple is OK, too!!)

This is very important since October 6 is the end of this year's

deliberation and the slate is fresh again in January. PLEASE DO

THIS!

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Hellsten, Ph.D.

Texas Department of Health

Bureau of Epidemiology

1100 W. 49th Street

Austin, TX 78756

FAX

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