Panel Recommends More Fruits And Vegetables, Less Meat And Sugar

Health care facilities are barred from hiring employees who have been convicted of certain criminal offenses, including felony convictions within the last five years related to “controlled substances.” The House passed legislation that would allow an exception for peer recovery coaches.

The ideas being proposed could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts to the country’s public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans over the next decade — and could potentially push millions of people off the program.

Local organizations recently announced a new grant fund that will allow mental health organizations statewide to expand access to trauma-informed mental health care for youth.