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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...

November 14, 2024 An article published in Kiplinger's on Nov. 10th reports that several Medicare premiums have gone up, specifically "Medicare premiums for 2025, and the cost of Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B and Part D premiums and deductibles." To determine whether or not next yea...

The New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) will hold a virtual budget listening session on November 19, 2024 beginning at noon. NJAMHAA urges everyone to deliver verbal testimony to inform the DHS budget for 2025-26. To accommodate as many speakers as possible, testimony is lim...

October 15, 2024 U.S. Senator George Helmy (D-NJ) is co-sponsoring the Health Equity Innovation Act of 2024, "a bill that would establish a grant program that would provide federal funding to faith- and community-based organization...

August 29, 2024 On Monday, August 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced more than $65 million in grant awards and...

August 20, 2024 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has shared a new resource, a brochure titled, Early Recognition and Effective Treatment of Early Serious Mental Illness: Finding and T...

August 15, 2024 On August 13, 2024, the New Jersey Department of the Treasury announced that next week, the Division of Taxation will begin mailing letters to about 1.5 million New Jerseyans to confirm their automatic eligibility for this season's Affordable New Jersey Communities for...

August 8, 2024 In 2009, the United States as a whole spent $172 billion on behavioral health care, with $148 billion of that going towards substance use treatment and support, and $24 billion going toward mental health treatment and support. In the decade that followed, spending on be...