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Department of Mental Health seeks targeted investments in school liaisons, workforce and opioid grants
Summary
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse presented its FY2026 budget request emphasizing school-based behavioral health expansion, workforce scholarships, provider rate parity for residential addiction services, and federal opioid response grants; committee approved sending the budget forward.
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse presented a fiscal 2026 budget request to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that emphasizes scaling school‑based behavioral health, a workforce scholarship expansion and continuing federal opioid‑response grants.
The commissioner said the department's priorities include: expanding school‑based behavioral health liaisons toward the goal of one liaison in every school ($1.0 million request); $5.1 million in certified public expenditure revenues to increase capacity at the Middle…
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