Michigan has canceled its request for proposal to restructure the state’s Medicaid-funded behavioral health system, halting a planned overhaul that would have shifted management of $4.9 billion in services, Bridge Michigan reported Jan. 30. The cancellation, posted Jan. 29 on…
Government & Regulation
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 29 establishing the Great American Recovery Initiative, a coordinated federal effort to address addiction in the U.S. The initiative aims to streamline government programs, integrate evidence-based care and improve access to treatment…
HHS has appointed 21 new members to its Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. The appointments reflect HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s focus on aligning national autism policy with what he described as “gold-standard science,” according to a Jan. 28 news…
The behavioral health department of the County of San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Health Agency received a $21.6 million grant through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, supported by the Proposition 1 bond. The funds will be used to purchase and…
Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Services has proposed legislation that would overhaul the state’s early childhood and family services into a new district-based structure, drawing directly from the state’s Behavioral Health and Disability Services system redesign implemented last year,…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone had 28 federal grants cut without warning Jan. 13, but HHS restored funding less than 24 hours later. The organization said it received word overnight that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration had pulled $14.3…
The White House has reversed the terminations of hundreds of federal grants supporting mental health and substance use disorder treatment services nationwide, NPR first reported Jan. 14. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration sent termination notices to hundreds…
Georgia has issued nearly $25 million in fines to 11 health insurers for violating state mental health parity laws. The penalties follow market conduct examinations that began after a 2023 data call report revealed potential violations of requirements that insurers…
Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek of Oregon has extended the state’s emergency on unsheltered homelessness, linking the crisis to ongoing behavioral health challenges and emphasizing the need for coordinated housing and healthcare strategies. The state of emergency was declared Jan. 10,…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom highlighted major expansions to the state’s mental health infrastructure during his Jan. 8 State of the State address. Previously, mental health planning and funding were left to the counties with little oversight. But under new statewide…