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LAC hears state legislative highlights and health-department interest in local suicide-prevention training
Summary
Members heard a legislative update about several bills — including the Help Act transmission to the governor, veteran suicide-prevention funding and a proposed Medicaid rate increase — and a health-department report on interest in bringing Dr. Carl Ralston for lethal-means and brief-cognitive-therapy training focused on Park County.
At the March meeting the Park County LAC received a legislative update and a health-department briefing on potential local programs.
Laurie, a council member, summarized several state measures: the Help Act had been transmitted to the governor; a veteran suicide-prevention appropriations bill had passed the Senate appropriations committee with funding reduced from $500,000 to $300,000 and would proceed toward a third reading; a proposed 3% Medicaid rate increase had been added to House Bill 2 discussions; and a bill to…
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