Government & Regulation

President Joe Biden has included $10.8 billion in his 2024 budget for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

HHS will make available $25 million to expand primary healthcare and mental health services in schools through the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The Tulalip Tribes have been approved to build a 32-bed behavioral health facility in Stanwood, Wash., by the Snohomish County hearing examiner, according to a March 13 report from the Herald Net.

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.