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Health care journalist with @NCHealthNews. I write about public health, state policy and mental health, including addiction. Formerly @newsobserver. DMs open.
Nov 15, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
Digging through the #NCGA budget. Here's some behavioral health highlights:

-adds 1,000 slots for people with disabilities to receive services under the Innovations Waiver, which has a current 10-year waiting list of more than 15,000 people.

#ncpol #mentalhealth -$10 million grant program for hospitals to expand tele-psychiatry in the wake of COVID.

-$8 million to expand the MAT Community Supervision pilot program for people recently released from prison and on probation.