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Methadone Overdose Deaths Lead to Restrictive Bills in West Virginia Alabama Using SA Treatment Funds for Patients Discharged from Mental Facility Medical Examiners and Methadone Death Data Utah Governor Requests New Facilities, Drug Court Expansion Counseling Key to Buprenorphine Treatment SA Seen as Common Thread in Repeat Emergency Patients Briefly Noted Resources Names in the News Call for Applications Coming up     

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Health Reform Means More Covered Patients for Addiction Treatment Field Keen Interest in Medicaid Compliance Course as N.Y. Agencies Question Audits New Software Allows Providers to Match Patients to Other Services SAMHSA: Treatment Programs Lax in Arranging for Infectious Disease Screening Utah Study Finds High Rate of Chronic Pain in Rx Drug Overdoses Not Having Addiction Providers on Panels Would Violate Parity Briefly Noted State News Employment Call for Comments Coming up     

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Two Reports Criticize Drug Courts; NADCP Pushes Back SAMHSA Encourages Providers to Help Military Families Luxury Program Prepares Patients for Post‐Treatment Urine Testing Karen Carpenter‐Palumbo Appointed to Head NAATP Report Highlights Waste in SA Treatment in New York Prisons Briefly Noted In the States Coming up     

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Court Rules Against Insurance Industry in Pennsylvania SA Spending Lags as Public Sector Assumes Greater Burden Conflict Brews as ‘Sober Homes’ Blur Treatment‐Housing Distinction New Group to Take on Advocacy of SAMHSA Mixed Results from Baltimore's Buprenorphine Initiative Criteria for Transfer of Buprenorphine Patients from Addiction Treatment to Community Physicians Briefly Noted Names Resources State Watch Coming up     

NAATP members are still open,but organization is concerned

Treatment centers are small businesses, with payrolls to meet and rent to pay, like all small businesses. And even if they are protected in terms of not being required to shut down, they are losing patients as a result of COVID‐19. Patients left against medical advice, Mark Dunn, director of public policy with the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), told ADAW last week. New admissions have dwindled to nothing.     

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E-Therapy Seen as Having Many Applications on Treatment Continuum SAMHSA, Researchers Step Up Efforts to Treat Co-Occurring Disorders Manufacturers Focus on Tamper-Resistant Opioid Formulations SAMHSA Creates Customized e-Mails in New ‘eNetwork’ Program Profile Areas for eNetwork Hazelden Uses Equine Therapy for Some Extended-Stay Patients NREPP Briefly Noted State Watch Names in the News Resources Coming up     

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Tennessee Prosecutor Says New Pregnancy Law Not Strong Enough Using Clinicians as Selling Point Involves More than Degree Titles NAPW Comments: Nashville isn't Rural Tennessee Two California Counties Sue Opioid Rx Drug Manufacturers Sky Toxicology to Donate 50 $10,000 Awards to Treatment Programs for Needy Patients Mass. Facilities Benefit from AG Settlement with Janssen Briefly Noted State News Coming up     

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AAP Recommends Pediatricians Use SBIRT for All Adolescent Patients Vt. Program Targets Mothers‐to‐Be to Address Opiate Treatment Gap CRAFFT Screen IC&RC Approves New Peer Recovery Credential IC&RC Advisory Council ASAM and NAADAC Affirm Opposition to Medical Marijuana Iowa's Problems Include Rx Abuse, K2, Spice, Bath Salts Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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System Coordination Needed to Deliver Services to Children of SUD Patients Center Stays Narrowly Focused Despite Unstable Justice Funding Requirements of the Block Grant Prometa No More Effective Than Placebo for Methamphetamine Residential Treatment Should Be an Essential Benefit Under the ACA Pennsylvania Stalls on Nominating Head of New Agency Hazelden Part of Group Providing Education on Treating Co‐Occurring Disorders Briefly Noted In the States Names in the News Coming up     

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Sober Home Deaths in New York Spur Calls for Regulation Federal Data Show Self‐Help Groups as Integral Part of Individuals' Support The Fair Housing Act on Protecting Alcoholics and Drug Addicts Methadone Programs in Massachusetts Warn of More Cuts Arkansas Task Force Calls for Treatment Expansion Buprenorphine Offered at the Window for Stable Patients Update and Correction: Illinois Governor Restores $55 Million Briefly Noted State Watch Coming up     

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Schick Shadel Making a Comeback in New Era of Medicine‐Based Treatment State Grant Restores Bed Capacity at Indiana Community‐Based Center ASAM Admits Error in Omitting NIAAA in Definition Publicity Addiction Medicine a Medical Specialty? Honoring Betty Ford's Vision Pay Per Click: Using Search Engine Marketing to Attract Patients Letter to the Editor Briefly Noted In the States Resources Names in the News Coming up     

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NIDA‐NIAAA Merger Delayed by a Year; Alcoholism Researchers Worried Still Iowa Facility: Billing Department Must Be Hub of Treatment Center Torrey Takes on SAMHSA; SAMHSA Responds The Mental Well‐Being Sticker Set NASADAD Annual Meeting: Systems Integration, Medicaid and BG New NASADAD Officers Elected Iowa Providers Seek Mutual Support Amid Threat from Floodwaters Vivitrol Injectors Available to Help Providers and Patients Briefly Noted In the States Pharma News Coming up     

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Rewards for Negative Urine Tests Increase Treatment Retention Non‐Professional Peers Help with Recovery Retention Rates and Urine Sample Submissions Motivational Incentives vs. No Incentives (Usual Care) Core Values From CTN Innovation to Treatment Reality Trial of New Methamphetamine Treatment Under Way at UCLA New Study Highlights Need for Treatment for Teen Opioid Addicts, and Difficulty of Finding Research Subjects Briefly Noted Names in the News Coming up     

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SAAS Identifies 5 Key Training Areas to Ready Providers for 2014 Conn. Recovery Home Succeeds by Maintaining Narrow Focus Obstacles to Treatment New Mind‐Set Vaccines for Heroin, Cocaine Show Promise in Animal Studies Vt. Moves to New ‘Hub and Spoke’ Opioid Treatment System Briefly Noted 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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How CBT Can Help Addiction Treatment be More Recovery‐Oriented Hazelden Targets Young Adults for New NYC Programs Mixed News About Smoking from SAMHSA and the CDC New Commission for Accrediting Addiction Curricula ValueOptions Wins Grant to Use Peers to Cut Repeat Detox Teens in Substance Abuse Treatment Used Diverted Medical Marijuana: Study Briefly Noted Coming up     

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Attitudinal Barriers Pose Greatest Obstacle to Methadone Treatment Programs in Jails SAMHSA Brings Integrated Treatment to Provider Level with Release of TIP 42 New Mexico Legislation Addresses Methadone Treatment in Jails AATOD Cites Progress in Project to Increase Access to Methadone Treatment SAMHSA Making Strides in Treatment of Co‐Occurring Disorders Security of Health Information – The Latest HIPAA Deadline Names in the News Resources Briefly Noted Coming up…     

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First National Standards for Co‐Occurring Credential Comes from IC&RC New Prop. 36 Report Likely to Shape Debate on Funding, Accountability Certification, Licensure and Credentialing Standards for New CCDP Certifications Capoccia, Formerly of RWJF, to Oversee $10 Million in OSI Grants Report Recommendations Focus on Funding Gaps, Treatment Completion County Gives $400,000 for Prometa Treatment Briefly Noted Resources Grants and Funding Coming up