Government & Regulation

New York plans to allocate $10 million to two youth mental health networks across the state, NBC affiliate WGRZ reported March 13. 

A new bill in Nebraska would allow mental health professionals the ability to take an individual into emergency protective custody, ABC affiliate KETV reported March 9.

Some therapists and counselors in Oklahoma are opposed to the state's new law that would require them to share certain patient information in a state database, ABC affiliate KOCO reported March 10.

The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is set to open four crisis stabilization units and walk-in centers through early 2024.

Illinois state officials have launched the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center located at Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine in Springfield.

Gov. Roy Cooper has released a three-part, $1 billion plan to address North Carolina's mental health and substance abuse crisis. 

Montana's department of health and human services released a report detailing ways the state could improve its mental health crisis system, NPR affiliate Montana Public Radio reported March 6. 

President Joe Biden's proposed budget for 2024 would lower Medicare costs for behavioral health services. 

The Hawaii Senate Committee on Ways and Means unanimously passed four bills on behavioral health, State of Reform reported March 1. 

State legislators in Oregon have introduced a bill that aims to include residents with "lived mental health experience" in the decision-making process for establishing behavioral health services in the state, according to a Feb. 27 report from the Willamette Week.