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Tahesha Way Sworn in as New Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor

Published: Sep 12, 2023
September 12, 2023 On Friday, September 8, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy swore in New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha L. Way, JD, as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, just over a month after the passing of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver. Way's appointment became effective immediate...

New Poll Finds in NJ, Young People’s Mental Health Most Negatively Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

Published: Sep 11, 2023
September 11, 2023 On September 7, 2023, Stockton University's William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy published research analyzing the wide-ranging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on New Jersey residents' mental health, treatment, and outcomes, involving numerous mental health is...

COVID Cases Rise across the Country with New Highly Mutated “Pirola” Variant Identified

Published: Sep 7, 2023
September 7, 2023 In the week of August 20 to August 26, 2023, COVID-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. have increased by 15.7% compared to the prior week , with a 17.6% increase in COVID-19 deaths across the same time, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Ten Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation

Published: Aug 31, 2023
August 31, 2023 As signed into law under the Inflation Reduction Act, over the next four years, Medicaid will negotiate prices for up to 60 drugs covered under Medicare Part D and Part B, and up to an additional 20 drugs every year...

SAMHSA’s HHRC Shares Fact Sheet on Xylazine Basics, Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, Wound Care

Published: Aug 29, 2023
August 29, 2023 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Homeless & Housing Resource Center (HHRC) has shared a fact sheet on Xylazine basics, providing information on overdose prevention, harm reduction, wound care, and more Xylazine, also know...

CVS Health Foundation Calls for Applications for Centering Youth Mental Health Initiative

Published: Aug 24, 2023
August 24, 2023 The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) has shared a notice of the CVS Health Foundation issuing a call for applications for its 2023 Centering Youth Mental Health grant program. The Centering Youth Mental Health grant program is a multi-year phila...

NJHMFA and Monarch Housing Associates Publish 2023 Point-in-Time Homelessness Count for NJ

Published: Aug 18, 2023
NJCounts is the annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in New Jersey, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), directed by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA), and managed by Monarch Hou...

NJ DHS Launches StopOverdoses.nj.gov

Published: Aug 10, 2023
August 10, 2023 On Wednesday, August 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Sarah Adelman announced the launch of StopOverdoses.nj.gov, a resource for New Jersey residents to locate pharmacies providing naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal agent, free...

U.S. DOL Sues UnitedHealth Group over Improper Claims Denials

Published: Aug 3, 2023
August 3, 2023 On Monday, July 31, 2023, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) initiated a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, alleging that the healthcare provider improperly denied thousands of patients' payments for emergency room services and urinary drug screenings. The...

Gov. Murphy Announces Dr. Kaitlan Baston as New Department of Health Commissioner

Published: Jul 27, 2023
July 27, 2023 On July 25, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy announced his intention to nominate Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM, as the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH). Dr. Baston will assume the role in August of this year, following the recently announced upcomin...

DHS Launches Behavioral Health Carve-in Process

Published: Jul 25, 2023
July 25, 2023 On July 24th, the Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (DMAHS) and Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) hosted a kick-off of the behavioral health carve-in implementation, which will take place over th...

Health Commissioner Persichilli Set to Retire Next Month

Published: Jul 24, 2023
July 24, 2023 Judith Persichilli, who has served as the New Jersey State Health Commissioner since August 5, 2019, will retire next month, as reported by NJ Advance Media, published in the July 21st edition of The Star Ledger. Her tenure included supervising New Jersey's response to...

NJAMHAA and Partners Testify on Investment of Opioid Recovery and Remediation Funds

Published: Jul 21, 2023
Yesterday, NJAMHAA staff and several partners testified before the Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council, reinforcing the need for education and increased access to the full continuum of prevention, harm reduction and treatment services, as well as a statewide health infor...

Leadership Academy for Behavioral Healthcare Professionals Expands this Critical Workforce

Published: Jul 21, 2023
Nationwide, there is an estimated shortage of nearly 4.5 million behavioral health providers to meet the level of need, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Behavioral Health Workforce Report, 2020. This dearth in the behavioral health wo...

Health Commissioner Persichilli Set to Retire Next Month

Published: Jul 21, 2023
Judith Persichilli, who has served as the New Jersey State Health Commissioner since August 5, 2019, will retire next month, as reported by NJ Advance Media, published in today's edition of The Star Ledger. Her tenure included supervising New Jersey's response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

New State Law Establishes Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority and Center

Published: Jul 20, 2023
July 20, 2023 On Monday, July 17, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed S3864 into law, establishing the New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority, as well as appropriating money to open a state Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center in Trenton. The Authority w...

New NJ Law Requires Medicaid Reimbursement for Education-Agency Provided Behavioral Health Services

Published: Jul 18, 2023
July 18, 2023 On Thursday, July 13, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed A3334 into law, which requires Medicaid reimbursement for covered behavioral health services provided by local education agencies to students who are eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. Governor Murphy was quoted ...

HHS Renews Determination of Nationwide Opioid Public Health Emergency

Published: Jul 13, 2023
July 13, 2023 On July 7, 2023, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra renewed the determination that an opioid public health emergency (PHE) exists nationwide. The opioid PHE was first declared on October 26, 2017 by former HHS ...

NJAMHAA Shares Summary of Legislature's FY2024 Budget Bill, to Be Voted on Today

Published: Jul 3, 2023
Summary of FY2024 Budget Bill Click here to read NJAMHAA's summary of the Legislature's FY2024 budget bill. As noted in the document, the bill will be voted on today and sent to the Governor to sign by midnight. NJAMHAA will provide an update after the Governor signs the bi...

NJ Budget Committees Continue Work Ahead of Budget Vote, Approving Expanded Tax Relief

Published: Jun 29, 2023
June 29, 2023 A new annual budget is constitutionally due in New Jersey by July 1st. In the case that a budget bill is not passed before then, the state government is required to shut down until a spending plan in enacted. The New ...
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