Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
Spectrum News: The Healing Place adds more beds to homeless outreach programThe Healing Place adds more beds to homeless outreach program
The Lane Report: $417,000 grant sustains research into phone-based substance use intervention
WTVQ: Life-saving medication for opioid overdoses strategically placed at the Hope Center
Spectrum News: ‘I am so grateful’; Kentucky man reflects on life after Casey’s Law
UK Healthcast: How the SMART Clinic helps with addiction recovery
Kentucky Health News: Some pain patients and their doctors worry that the CDC’s revised opioid-prescription guidelines won’t help patients enough
WYMT: Kentucky Chamber Foundation Fair Chance Academy accepting applications for first ever class
WISH-TV: Treatment for opioid addiction often brings discrimination
WFIE: Addiction specialists share how to help loved ones amid fentanyl surge
LEX 18: Lexington-Fayette County Health Department names ‘Public Health Heroes’
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)
Upcoming Events
Rx Summit – April 18-21, 2022 – Atlanta, GA
Kentucky Chamber Recovery in the Workplace Conference – June 21, 2022 – Lexington, KY
2022 NARR Best Practices Summit – October 24-26, 2022 – Richmond, VA