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Senator Amabile brings 'Mad Moms' to the Senate and urges better care for adults with serious mental illness

2949550 · April 10, 2025
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Senator Amabile used a moment of personal privilege on April 10, 2025, to bring a group she identified as the “Mad Moms” into the Senate chamber and to press colleagues to address gaps in care for adults with serious mental illness.

Senator Amabile used a moment of personal privilege on April 10, 2025, to bring a group she identified as the “Mad Moms” into the Senate chamber and to press colleagues to address gaps in care for adults with serious mental illness.

“It is a stain on our state that we aren’t doing a better job of helping people into care,” Senator Amabile said, describing parents’ repeated attempts to secure services for adult children. She recounted one case in which a brother and family worked with…

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