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SUDs a Core Benefit in Both Health Care Reform Bills, But Hard Work Ahead CSAT Head: Data on Alcohol and Suicide Should Put All Providers on Notice Minnesota Governor to Cut Chemical Dependency Treatment Rates Is Health Care Reform Possible Without Workforce Development? United Nations Report Calls for Increase in Treatment Access DOJ Appropriations Bill Includes Increases for Drug Courts, No MH Merger Briefly Noted State News Business Names in the News Coming up     

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NDIIC to Help States Upgrade Behavioral Health IT With Open‐Source System New Research Illustrates Breakthrough in Primary Care Screening for Drug Use Union Plan in Rhode Island Must ‘Approve’ MH/SA Programs Federal Government Establishes Safe Harbor for Office Visit Cost‐Sharing Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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NASADAD Report: Most States Seeing Increase in Heroin Admissions and ODs Some States' Initiatives in MAT Rely Heavily on Primary Care Study Finds Some Benefit of Methadone over Buprenorphine Talking Circles to Be Studied as Youth Prevention Approach NIDA and NIAAA Start to Assemble Plan for Longitudinal Study State News Names in the News Coming up     

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‘Fear of the Unknown’: Dropping Coverage Because of Parity Dogs Welcome at California Center; a Barrier to Care is Lifted Shooter's Drug Use Should Have Prevented Gun Buy: Schumer ATR Grant Will Help Arkansas Expand Treatment, Recovery Services Reducing Prison Costs by Providing Treatment to Offenders Briefly Noted State News Business News Names in the News Coming up     

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Health Care Reform and Parity: Twin Worries for the Field Affiliation Enhances SA Continuum for Largest Community‐Based Provider Providers' Role in Preventing and Treating Problem Gambling Montana Treatment System Gets Additional $3 Million Methadone Induction Death Raises Questions Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Issues Core Principles for Field in Health Care Reform Counties Mull Local Factors in Deciding Whether to Privatize Treatment Operations NIDA Reminder to Treatment: Counseling is Part of MAT New York State Tells Counties to Improve Access and Efficiency All Eyes on Alcohol Tax in New Jersey Briefly Noted State News Resources Business Names in the News Coming up     

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Meet the MBHOs: Three Top Execs Share Hopes for Parity Intensive Parent Treatment in Oregon Leads to Shortened Foster Care Stays Rule Calls for Parity Within Each of Six Treatment Classifications The Six Treatment Classifications FDA to Review All New CNS Drugs for Abuse Potential DSM‐5 Proposal Would Change Substance Abuse, Dependence to Addiction Briefly Noted State News Names in the News Coming up     

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Recovery and Treatment get Closer with Kerlikowske Speech at BFC Primary Care Focus of OTP Allows Inroads in Hepatitis C Care Senators Ask GAO to Investigate Treatment and Prevention How Parity and Recovery are Modernizing the Medical Model CalTAF to Pursue Insurance Companies for Denied Claims State News Coming up     

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Bringing Addiction Treatment Into Primary Care: Calif. Experiments With Integration Interdisciplinary Care Seen as Crucial to Managing Pain in Recovering Patients Fully Integrated Program in Tennessee CSAT Pushing Field Toward Electronic Health Records Family Outreach Tip: Saturday Education for Children Researcher to Use Cell Phone Technology to Assess Drug, Alcohol Use Briefly Noted State News Business Coming up     

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N.Y. Announces Residential, Outpatient Expansions as Part of Drug Law Reform Washington Merges Divisions and Revamps for Person‐Centered Care NSDUH: Drug Use Down, But Treatment Access Still Limited Two Treatment Giants Expand, Set to Enter New States President Obama Tells Congress There Will be Reform Joint Commission Requests for Comment on SBIRT Measures Briefly Noted State News Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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Private Programs Use More Charity Care and Start Cutting Some Costs OASAS Vows to Serve Current Clients in Parolee Programs Losing N.Y. Funding Report Stresses Need to Add Primary Care Component SAMHSA Recognizes Organizations for Evidence‐Based Interventions NIAAA Grant to Study ‘Smart Phone’ Technology for Aftercare Briefly Noted State Watch Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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SAMHSA Budget: Good News for BG and Prevention, but New Insurance Tap North Dakota Center Hopes State Will Shore Up Financial Picture SA‐MH Integration in LA: People with COD Come First Cape Cod Times Series Focuses on Opioids, Insurance Problems Glitches and Still No Parity for Health Care Reform Obamacare: ‘Navigators’ are Replacing Insurance Brokers State News Coming up     

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Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill Includes Parity Illinois Providers Now Treating More Insured Patients as Public Dollars Shrink West Virginia Legislature Softening Methadone Stance Contaminated Cocaine Linked to Potentially Fatal Blood Disorder Poll Finds Strong Support for Including Treatment in Health Care Reform Congress Presses Administration to Issue Parity Regulations on Time Briefly Noted State News Business Coming up     

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BHOs to Monitor Providers in First Step Toward New York Medicaid Carveout Recovery Home Joins Care Continuum Through Merger With Easter Seals Buprenorphine Works, but Only if Patients Stay on it: Study SAMHSA Places 10 Regional Administrators Across the Country NAATP CEO Carpenter‐Palumbo Resigns to Pursue Consulting Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Names in the News Coming up     

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California Might Lose All Offender Treatment, Including Proposition 36 Treatment Institute Seeks to Help Drug Courts With Tracking Progress Merger With Mental Health Averted Tarzana Under Fire for Executive Pay and Board Conflicts of Interest SBI is Key to Keeping Addiction on Health Care Reform Agenda Poll: Addiction Treatment Should be Part of Health Care Use ‘Substance Use Disorders,’ Says Whole Health Campaign Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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AA Linked to Reduction in Depression; Researcher Cites Effects of Spirituality Treatment Centers: Parity has Ushered in Some Tighter Managed Care Practices N‐SSATS: Slight Rise in for‐Profits, Big Rise in Managed Care Types of Treatment Study: Hispanic Patients Have Better Outcomes With Hispanic Counselors IC&RC, at 40,000 Mark, Says Career Future is Bright for Counselors Field Braces for Budget West Virginia Legislators Want to Put Methadone Take‐Homes on Database Briefly Noted Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Teen Marijuana Use High, Perception of Risk Plummets N.Y. Program Gives Alternative to Those Unsure of Typical Care Probuphine Implant Moves Closer to Marketplace NASADAD Releases Report on Counselor Regulations in States Cry for the Innocents, and Then Act Briefly Noted State News Coming up