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August 12, 2025Acting Governor Tahesha Way signed two bills into law yesterday that will protect individuals who are seeking addiction treatment from being misled, exploited, or referred for profit. These bills will strengthen accountability within the substance use treatment industry, helping ...

August 11, 2025NJAMHAA is sharing the following information from the National Council on Mental Wellbeing's Capitol Connector (August 8, 2025): "On Thursday, Aug. 7, the Trump Administration released the executive order (EO) Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking. The EO directs each fe...

August 4, 2025The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Thursday that opioid medications will be required to have their labeling updated to highlight the risk of long-term use.The agency is requiring opioid manufacturers to add to the prescribing information that higher doses are associa...

July 29, 2025The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted along party lines 12-11 on Thursday to confirm Brian Christine, MD, as the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, Dr. Christine, a urologist, woul...

July 17, 2025 Doctors are at higher risk of depression, anxiety and suicide than individuals in almost any other profession, according to a global review led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney and Black Dog Institute. The study also looked at the most imp...

June 30, 2025 June 30, 2025NJAMHAA has been requesting an extension of the transition policies for the integration of outpatient behavioral health services to Medicaid managed care for some time and learned today that those policies are being extended, with a new requiremen...

June 12, 2025A leaked federal budget proposal calls for the defunding of specialized LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention services, most notably the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which could cost lives, New Jersey mental health professionals warn.“Quite simply, more will possibly die or deteriorate ...

June 3, 2025The Trump Administration released its Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Budget in Brief providing additional details on spending requests to Congress for fiscal year (FY) 2026. It proposes $94.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for FY 2026, which is a decrease from t...

May 28, 2025With the June 30th deadline for finalizing a budget just a few weeks away, there is limited time for Governor Phil Murphy and State Legislators to resolve many key budget issues, which are tax hikes, New Jersey Transit, the budget surplus, affordability (the biggest issue for voters in ...

May 22, 2025NJAMHAA is sharing the following information received from Jonah C. Cunningham, President/CEO, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD) and Executive Director, National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)."Rules Commit...

May 13, 2025"The Trump administration will not enforce a federal rule meant to ensure Americans with private health insurance have access to affordable mental health services and is considering rescinding it altogether, the U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing on Friday," Reuters repor...

May 6, 2025NJAMHAA is pleased that Governor Phil Murphy continues to demonstrate recognition of the high prevalence of mental health conditions and support for increasing access to treatment and support services, as evidenced by his issuing of a proclamation for Mental Health Awareness Month.In addi...

State officials announced yesterday that New Jersey Health Commissioner Dr. Kaitlan Baston has been appointed Interim CEO of University Hospital in Newark, the state's only public hospital, effective May 3, 2025. Dr. Baston has served as the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health si...

April 1, 2025The Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) sent a memo on March 31st informing providers of certain services “that on the evening of March 24, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Human Services received notice from the Trump Administration, federal Department of Hea...

February 24, 2025Although Gov. Murphy Will Deliver his FY2026 Budget Address on Feb. 25th, Advocacy Must Continue until the Budget Is Passed! Use NJAMHAA's Untold Stories Campaign to Reinforce that All New Jerseyans Deserve Opportunitiesto Enjoy the Highest Quality of Life Possible, and the Nec...

A judge is expected to consider extending her temporary block on President Donald Trump's plan to halt federal grants and loans, which originally targeted a wide range of funding totaling potentially trillions of dollars. Today, President Trump’s plan to halt federal loans and ...

January 28, 2025 The proposed healthcare policy changes stemming from President Donald Trump's new administration that aim to limit spending could lead to an increase in Americans without insurance coverage. An article in today's Modern Healthcare reported that in response, "Health sy...

January 3, 2025 State-regulated health insurance companies will now have less time to decide whether to cover treatments and tests prescribed by patients' doctors. As reported in yesterday's Star Ledger, "Insurance carriers will have tighter deadlines in the state to decide whether to...

December 17, 2024 An article published in USA Today on December 12th reports that more than 233,000 bottles of an antidepressant sold by a New Jersey based company, Rising Pharmaceuticals, have been recalled. The U.S. Food and ...

November 25, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday his picks for the agency that oversees health insurance for millions of Americans and his pick for the Secretary of Education. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is a former television talk show host and a heart surgeon. will be th...