On October 7, 2015, a national action day was observed, National Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Day. [1] It arose based on a bill in the House of Representatives of the 114th Congress called The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015, HR2646. [2] The bill was originally introduced as The Helping Families of Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013, HR3717. HR2646 contains a number of provisions that will serve to reform mental health care for those Americans with serious mental illness ( schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression). The national day of observance, which was noted in [3] National Review and has been endorsed by National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [4] will occur in early October each year to raise awareness and encourage action on mental health care policy.