Legislative opportunities to address growing addiction and mental crises

Right now, during Maryland’s 2024 legislative session, the state has multiple opportunities to improve insurance coverage and access to substance use and mental health care for individuals and families across the state. With more than 2,500Marylanders lost to overdose in 2023 alone, 922,000 individuals in the state age 12 and older documented as having a substance use disorder, and another 1,089,000 struggling with mental illness, the urgency is clear. We must act to save lives now!