Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
The Bottom Line: Kentucky Chamber Foundation Launches Fair Chance Academy to Bridge Gap Between Employers and Individuals in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders
WDRB: Kentuckiana officials plan to use opioid settlement dollars to treat and prevent addiction
Owensboro Times: Wilson donating autobiography to every jail and prison in America, book details overcoming addiction
WISH (Indiana): Indiana addiction specialist: ‘Recovery from alcoholism is 100% possible’
NIH: Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
News and Tribune (Indiana): Event focuses on community’s role in addressing addiction, mental health
Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘A really scary moment’: Young people’s overdose deaths jumped in 2020, so, what now?
ABC News: Fentanyl overdose survivor tells her story: ‘I was a lucky one. I gotta make it worth it’
Associated Press: States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising
WVNS (West Virginia): Local organization focuses on drug abuse prevention amid opioid epidemic
Public Policy & Legislation
Federal Legislation
- S.2796 – Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
- H.R.2379 – State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021
- H.R.4897 – Support Recovery from Addiction Act of 2021
- H.R.7255 – Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act
- H.R.7238 – Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act
- H.R.7235 – Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022
Kentucky Legislation
- House Joint Resolution 5 (increases mental health workforce)
- Senate Bill 90 (establishes behavioral health dismissal pilot program)
- House Bill 514 (establishes pilot program for harm reduction centers)
- Senate Bill 10 (addressing statewide nursing shortage)
- House Bill 174 (extends Medicaid coverage for postpartum women)
- House Bill 215 (increases the penalty for importing or trafficking carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives)
- House Bill 127 – Tim’s Law (expands outpatient treatment program for Kentuckians with severe mental illness)
- Senate Bill 178 (certification for clinical supervisors of alcohol and drug counselors)
- House Bill 349 (enforces regions for Community Mental Health Centers)
- House Bill 751 (creates a training center for health care workers)
- House Bill 362 (strengthens Casey’s Law)
WYMT: ARC officials react to strengthening of Casey’s Law
WNKY: Rep. Guthrie introduces bill to help substance use struggles
Cincinnati Enquirer: Casey’s Law updated after Kentucky appeals court issues opinion on civil rights question
NPR: A staffing crisis is causing a monthslong wait for Medicaid, and it could get worse
Press Release: Portman, Whitehouse Urge DEA and HHS to Extend Americans’ Access to Telehealth Once the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is Terminated
Upcoming Events
Rx Summit – April 18-21, 2022 – Atlanta, GA
Kentucky Chamber Recovery in the Workplace Conference – June 21, 2022 – Lexington, KY