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HHS Commits $25M to Grow Primary Care, Mental Health Services in Schools; Tulalip Tribes Behavioral Health Facility in Washington Gets Green Light · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for March 14th. First,
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  HHS is using 25 million to expand primary healthcare and mental health
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  services in schools through the Health Resources and Services administration.
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  This marks the first time that applicants will be required to expand or add
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  mental health services to be eligible for school-based funding.
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  The HRSA aims to doll out 70 awards to fund general
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  primary and mental healthcare to new and existing school-based sites.
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  The funding is part of the Biden Administration's effort to strengthen mental
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  health across the country. Second,
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  a new study finds that a person who has recently been released from prison is 10
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  times more at risk of a drug overdose in Oregon.
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  The study was conducted by Oregon State University in Corvallis,
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  Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland and Oregon Department of
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  Corrections.
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  The study evaluates over 18,000 individuals who have been released from an
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  Oregon prison. Between 2014 and 2017,
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  researchers evaluate fatal and non-fatal overdoses.
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  Results show that the risk of overdose was double during the first two weeks
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  after release from prison. The study also shows women have a greater risk.
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  Third,
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  the Tup tribes are approved to build a behavioral health facility in Stanwood
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  Washington.
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  The project aims to build two buildings with 16 beds each.
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  It will serve adult patients who commit themselves for inpatient treatment or
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  who are committed by court order. However,
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  the facility will not serve patients who are currently in the criminal justice
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  system due to the conditional use permit.
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  Other permit restrictions include alerting the surrounding community.
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  If any patients leave the facility without permission and requiring discharge
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  plans to ensure patients get to their next residents. Upon release,
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  the tribes will build the project through a sales tax sharing compact with
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  Washington State.
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  Its operation will be funded through Governor J Ansley's proposed budget.
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  It'll be led by a behavioral health operator appointed by Washington State
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