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Trump Poised To End Contraception Requirement For Employee Health Benefits
President Donald Trump is expected to issue a regulation allowing employers with religious objections to omit coverage for contraception from their workers’ insurance plans. In other Trump administration news: the Department of Health and Human Services names 14 people to its mental health panel; the cancellation of several payment reforms is complicating efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to promote value-based care; and the National Parks Service lifts a ban on selling plastic water bottles in the parks.
Enough Painkillers Sold In One Town To Medicate Every Man, Woman, Child For 136 Days
A first-time release of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prescribing data shows vast regional disparities. Stateline reports on the numbers and the town — Martinsville, Va. — that topped the list. In other news on the national opioid epidemic, experts wait on the impact of White House action.
Shortage Of Psychiatric Hospital Beds Shifts Burden Of Care To Ill-Equipped Hospitals, Jails
“Even if you don’t care about the human rights side of the issue, this is a hugely expensive and inefficient way to provide care,” said John Snook, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center.
Free Program Offers Santa Rosa Mothers Help With Breastfeeding
Mothers of infants who are having trouble breastfeeding or who need some advice can relax on a comfy couch or upholstered chair in a homey living room-like setting, and join a support circle offering help from nurses, specialists and fellow moms working through the same problems.
Psychiatrists’ Debate Over Evaluating Trump’s Mental Health Isn’t Going Anywhere Soon
Some say it’s fine to offer a diagnosis but other cite Goldwater rule, which says a psychiatrist can’t diagnose without a patient exam and consent.
CalPERS Class-Action Lawsuit Over Long-Term Care Insurance Fees Moves Forward
Today’s other public health stories from around the state cover the expansion of a genomics project at the Rady Children’s Institute, Oceanside medical marijuana regulations and Costa Mesa funding for an inspector for sober-living and group homes.
Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Programs To Get Boost From Prop. 47 Money
The city of Los Angeles also received nearly $12 million to launch a drug-intervention initiative under the city attorney’s office and for a program led by the mayor’s office to help former inmates find jobs.
Berkeley Requests Feedback From Residents On $25M Mental Health Services Plan
The plan would be funded under the state Mental Health Services Act, which places a 1 percent tax on every dollar of personal income over $1 million to be allocated to local mental health agencies.
Parents Of Mentally Ill Man File Wrongful Death Suit Against Redding Police Department
A lawyer for Kathryn and William Robinson of Orland says they don’t want their son, Matthew Clayton Robinson, to have died for nothing. “We want the public to be aware of what happened here and to help prevent atrocities like this in the future. We want law enforcement to start paying attention to the fact that not everyone they encounter is a criminal.”
Stress, Anxiety From Political State Of Affairs Affecting Muslims
Mosques, student groups and mental health agencies around the Sacramento region are stepping up and offering Muslims a safe place to share their anxieties and receive professional help.
