Track Mental Health in the News

House Bill 348 Adds a 90 day residence requirement to get local assistance in NH. It applies to town provided general assistance. It is widely believed that this legislation will make it more difficult for vulnerable people to access safety net services.

After a day of confusion and backroom negotiations, the Trump administration moved Wednesday January 14 to restore roughly $2 billion in federal grant money for mental health and addiction programs nationwide. The grants had been cut the day before without warning.

The bill creates community engagement and work requirement for Medicaid. The Department anticipates that around 20,000 non-medically frail GraniteAdvantage customers would lose coverage.

Abolishing the office of health equity in the department of health and human services.