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National Council in the News:

• The RESPONSE Act is a Plan to "Reduce Mass Violence," but It Doesn't Mention Gun Reform Measures Already Stalled in the Senate – Newsy
• Grand View Creates New Mental Health Master's Degree as Need for Counseling in Iowa Grows – WHO TV
• How Accurate is 'Joker's' Portrayal of Mental Illness? The Answer is Complicated – USA Today
• NextGen Health Acquires Topaz Information Solutions – Herald-Chronicle
• RESPONSE Act Would Help Reduce Mass Violence, Improve Community Safety – Texas Border Business
• Baldwin, Gardner, Moran, Reed Introduce Legislation to Create Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline – Urban Milwaukee
• Reed Helps Lead Bipartisan Effort to Create New Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline – Senator Jack Reed
• Panel suggests changes in S.D. mental-health laws to help keep patients closer to home – Keloland
• How Telehealth Gives a Rural School More Mental Health Services – WOSU Public Media
• People with Mental Illness Aren't More Violent. Why Do People Believe They Are? –
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• FactCheck: The Facts on Mental Illness and Mass Shooting – Tucson Sentinel

National Council Blogs:

• HHS Proposes Updates to Fraud and Abuse Laws – Capitol Connector 
• Cornyn Introduces Bill to Expand Resources for Mental Health Treatment – Capitol Connector 

Public Policy:

• Governor Charlie Baker Speaks at Health Policy Commission's 7th Annual Cost Trends Hearing – Cape Cod Today
• Four Drug Companies Reach Last-Minute Settlement in Opioid Litigation – The Wall Street Journal
• Medicaid Enrollment & Spending Growth: FY 2019 & 2020 – Kaiser Family Foundation 
• Those big pharma opioid settlements aren't all going where you think – USA Today
• ObamaCare premiums dropping for 2020 – The Hill
• Families fight insurers for life-saving care for loved ones with mental health conditions – CBS This Morning
• A Million Children Were Kicked Off Medicaid Amid Growing Piles of Paperwork and Rising Deportation Fears – Business Insider
• First Lady Speaks on Opioids in Only Solo Trip to Congress – Star Tribune 
• KHN's 'What the Health?': All About Medicaid​​​ – Kaiser Health News
• New Laws Impacting California Behavioral Health Care Providers and Labs – The National Law Review
• In Red State Oklahoma, Medicaid Expansion Nears 2020 Ballot – Forbes

Articles of Interest:

• In Maryland, Helping Correctional Officers Improve Mental Health – S. News & World Report
• Making Drug Companies Pay for the Opioid Epidemic – The New York Times
• Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Workers Vote to Strike – Modern Healthcare
• Is It A Meth Case Or Mental Illness? Police Who Need To Know Often Can't Tell – NPR
• Connecticut Mental Health Providers Tackle Barriers To Care In Black Communities – WNPR
• Mental health issues require the right level of care at the right time – San Francisco Examiner
• Parents Can Now Force Teens to Get Mental Health Help in Washington State – Vice
• Mental Health Days for Students: An Increasingly Accepted Reason to Stay Home From School – USA Today
• Travel Distance to Opioid Addiction Treatment Places Strain on Rural America – Addiction Center
• Addiction, empathy and Metallica – Ericsson
• 'I know their pain': Son's suicide, own mental illness helps Mississippi woman relate – Clarion Ledger
• Why the Military Should Treat Mental Health the Same as Physical Health – Military Times 
• The Real Cost of the Opioid Epidemic: An Estimated $179 Billion in Just One Year – NPR 
• Octave Raises $11M Series A to Make Mental Health Care More Accessible – Crunchbase News

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Nicholas Thomas
National Council for Behavioral Health
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