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April 7, 2022 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday that it has published new guidance on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects people with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are in treatment or recovery, including those who take medication to treat thei...

April 5, 2022 COVID-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. are at their lowest numbers since the summer of 2020, when such national data first became available. As reported on modernhealthcare.com, the average number of people hospitalized in the U.S. with COVID-19 in the past week was ...

April 4, 2022 In his proposed $1.6 trillion budget for FY2023, President Joe Biden requests substantial funding for mental health and substance use prevention, treatment and recovery services. Among the key provisions are: ...

March 31, 2022 The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has announced that it will award a total of $14.25 million to 19 community-based nonprofits in the state through the Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit (NRTC) Program. These awards represent the largest amount of ...

March 29, 2022 During his FY2023 budget address this afternoon, President Joe Biden focused on three values: "fiscal responsibility, safety and security at home and around the world, and the investments needed to continue our ...

March 28, 2022 On March 24, as reported in a press announcement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through SAMHSA, announced two Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) funding ...

March 24, 2022 Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) and state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) introduced legislation (A3703) that would grant "independent authority to a newly configured Staffing and Oversight Review Committee, which is now overseen by the existin...

March 22, 2022 Many telehealth flexibilities are tied to the national public health emergency designation, which the U.S. is currently under and which is set to expire on April 16, unless renewed by President Joe Biden. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Be...

March 21, 2022 The COVID-19 Omicron strain subvariant, BA.2, known as stealth Omicron, is on track to overtake the original Omicron variant as the dominant strain in the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), BA.2 currently accounts for 39% of all...

March 17, 2022 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced new funding for substance use treatment and prevention programs. The funding will come through two grant programs, totaling $...

March 15, 2022 A Legislative Package of six bills was introduced on Thursday, March 10, 2022 by Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-Camden, Burlington), along with a number of his fellow Assembly members, that aims to more comprehensively meet the mental healthcare needs of New Jersey resi...

March 14, 2022 Governor Phil Murphy announced today that New Jersey will receive $641 million in the massive $26 billion opioid manufacturer and distributer settlement that was recently finalized. He also announced that the funds will be allocated over the next 16 years to confront...

March 10, 2022 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the ...

March 9, 2022 NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, has approved NJAMHAA as an education provider. This status identifies NJAMHAA's "program as meeting nationally approved standards of education developed for the ...

March 8, 2022 Funding for federal COVID-19 programs has almost run out nearly a year after the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Programs that bolster COVID-19 testing supplies, guarantee uninsured Americans COVID-19 treatment, purchase antibody treatments and prevent...

March 7, 2022 The New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) has posted the 1115 Waiver Demonstration renewal application that they recently submitted to the Centers for Medicare ...

March 3, 2022 President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address yesterday. In a statement released last night after the President's speech, the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies' (NJAMHAA's) President and CEO Debra L. Wentz, Ph.D, thank...

March 1, 2022 Moratoriums in New Jersey enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as those that prevented evictions and utility companies from shutting off electric, gas, and water services, have either already ended or will be ending soon. However, there is still a litany of assista...

February 28, 2022 Lawmakers are considering legislation that would aim to address the gaps in the behavioral healthcare system. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, was quoted on modernhealthcare.com saying, "Our mental hea...

February 24, 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain treatment that would eliminate dosage caps on treatment. Dr. Lewis Nelson, ...