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Health Department proposes new recovery beds, aftercare navigators and expanded prevention funded by cannabis tax
Summary
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told appropriators the department seeks to expand prevention and improve transitions within the substance-use treatment system through a mix of special funds and targeted investments.
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told appropriators the department seeks to expand prevention and improve transitions within the substance-use treatment system through a mix of special funds and targeted investments.
Levine said the governor’s budget would replace a current $3 million general-fund appropriation for substance-misuse prevention with $6.75 million from a new substance-misuse prevention special fund financed by cannabis excise-tax revenue and noted that cannabis revenues could grow toward an estimated upper bound of about $10 million annually.
Deputy Commissioner Kelly Dougherty described three proposed operational initiatives intended to reduce gaps between levels of care: short-term reengagement or…
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