Weekly Roundup Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update on June 30, 2023 More in Weekly Roundup: Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update September 1, 2023 THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News Weekly Update August 11, 2023 THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update August 4, 2023 Treatment, Recovery & PreventionBehavioral Health Business: ‘I Don’t Want to Say It’s Easier’: Despite Dire Need, Behavioral Health Operators Continue to Face Pushback on New ConstructionsHazard Herald: CAREER Act of 2023 to continue programs for areas struggling with substance abuseLondon Sentinel Echo: Opioid commission leader suggests it use at least $42 million to get exotic psychedelic drug approved to treat opioid-use disorderSpectrum News: ‘It’s the best thing that we can do:’ Meet the Kentucky woman training others to reverse overdosesNorthern Kentucky Tribune: Here’s an overview of the new legislation taking effect in the Commonwealth beginning ThursdayOwensboro Messenger-Inquirer: Fentanyl overdoses decreasing in countyGoverning: A Key Intervention in the Opioid Crisis: Data SharingWHOP: Local state legislators discuss numerous topics at Town HallWDKY: How animal sedative adding new pain to opioid drug crisisWDRB: Norton Healthcare releases renderings of planned west Louisville hospitalWBKO: Nearly $2.4 billion going to fight drug abuse in KentuckyWIKI: $2,375,000 federal funds to 19 Ky. community programs to combat drug abuseKFVS: Mitch McConnell helps secure nearly $2.4M to fight drug abuse in KentuckyPublic Policy & Legislation Federal LegislationH.R. 238 – Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2023H.R.1359 – Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access ActH.R. 3355 – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023H.R.3333 – FEND Off Fentanyl ActS.1235 – Bruce’s LawS.606 – Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids ActS.1532 – Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention ActSTAT News: ‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatmentNew York Times: They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.Upcoming EventsCamp UNITE 2023 – July 11-14, 2022 – University of PikevilleRx and Illicit Drug Summit – April 1-4, 2024 – Atlanta, Georgia Submit Your News