OPA’s staff, board, members and the OPA-PAC members contributed to the following actions that help make Ohio a mentally healthier place to live and work.

• OPA’s Annual Legislative Day and visits with legislators builds a network of experienced psychologists/advocates who are developing relationships with their State Representatives and State Senators.
• Election of first psychologist governor and first lady, Ted Strickland and Frances Strickland. (January 2007)
• Children’s health care and early childhood interventions, including mental health services, become a state budget priority. (January 2008)
• For the first time in four years, individual psychologists can bill for mental health services for adults with Medicaid insurance. (January 2008)
• Federal Medicare 10.6% fee cut was stopped and a 1.1% increase was added. (July 2008)
• Mental health parity in Medicare co-payments will be phased in beginning in 2010. (July 2008)
• Ohio Department of Insurance fines United Healthcare for telling consumers to find new doctors. (July 2008)
• OPA’s Sequence of Training Bill (HB503) signed by the governor. (January 2009)
• Ohio Department of Insurance blasts Anthem for phantom panels. (June 2008)
• Bureau of Disability Determination removes 24-hour termination clause from contracts with psychologist/consultants and replaces it with two-week termination language. (April 2008)
• Insurance companies are forced to provide transparent contracts with a fee structure attached and standardized credentialing format. (HB 125, March 2008) 
• OPA member psychologist was chosen as the new Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Clinical Director. 
• Comprehensive Mental Health Parity legislation is introduced again in the Ohio House. (HB 384 & SB 298 November 2007)
• Omnibus licensing board defeated, saving specialized Psychology Board. (2006)
• Insurance companies forced to pay claims in 30 days or pay automatic late payments. (Prompt Pay legislation- SB 4 June 2001)
• Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) protects the privacy of patient records. (February 2009)