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Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington has opened a behavioral health unit, according to a June 20 report from CBS affiliate WKYT.

The recently signed Florida state budget has allocated $5 million to increase access to pediatric behavioral health services in Jacksonville, according to a June 19 report from ABC affiliate First Coast News.

Behavioral healthcare startup Concert Health has partnered with Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health to increase access to behavioral health services for pediatric, primary care and women's health patients in Wisconsin.

Federal auditors have found that the Oregon Health Authority may have misappropriated more than half a million dollars in federal mental health grants, according to a June 19 report from The Lund Report.

The investment arm of health insurance company Cigna co-led a $52 million series C funding round for Octave, a behavioral health company offering both in-person and virtual care.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have partnered to open Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital in Battle Creek, Mich.

The Biden-Harris Administration has taken additional measures to address the mental health needs of youth and make communities safer from gun violence through HHS and the Education Department.

Nurses' mental health has made improvements since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey released by travel nurse platform Trusted Health.

Here are five behavioral health hospitals and providers that are closing or restructuring that Becker's has reported on since May 18:

The American Hospital Association sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 14expressing support for the reauthorization of programs in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act…