The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) has announced Lisa Dailey as acting executive director

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The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) has announced Lisa Dailey as acting executive director, effective Jan. 12. Dailey was the director of advocacy for TAC. Former TAC Executive Director John Snook on Jan. 11 assumed the position of director of government relations and strategic initiatives at the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare. “During his tenure, John presided over the publication of 15 major research reports, guided the passage of the bipartisan mental health reforms of the 21st Century Cures Act, secured more than $70 million in federal funding for assisted outpatient treatment programs around the United States, and oversaw the passage of 44 new laws designed to improve access to treatment for people with severe mental illness,” said Dr. Michael Knable, chair of the Treatment Advocacy Center board of directors. “We are grateful for his impactful leadership and are excited to continue partnering with him in his new role.” In her role as TAC's director of advocacy for the past two years, Dailey expanded the adoption of Laura's Law to nine additional counties, was the lead author on two iterations of “Grading the States,” the first comprehensive evaluation of civil commitment laws by state published since 2014, and successfully lobbied for the improvement of civil commitment criteria and other serious mental illness legislation in nine states.