Legislative Acronyms

To help you decipher legal speak (for translating legislative reports)

BSWE   Board of Social Work Examiners
CHR   Community Health Resource
CSWA   Clinical Association of Social Workers
CMS   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
DHMH   Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
DHR   Department of Human Resources
DMHMRSAS   Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
HMO   Health Maintenance Organization
MHCC   Maryland Health Care Commission
MHLG   Mental Health Liaison Group
MHSCRC   Maryland Health Services Cost Rate Commission
NAMI   National alliance for the Mentally Ill
NASW   National Association of Social Workers
NIH   National Institutes of Health
SAMHSA   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration