[Stateclcnetwork] Fwd: April 24, 2020 NASMHPD Weekly Update

[Kathy Parker]

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>>> Stuart Gordon 4/23/2020 3:04 PM >>>
Attached is this week's NASMHPD Weekly Update, containing:

(1) details on the legislation--the Paycheck Protection Program and
Health Care Enhancement Act--due to be passed by the House later this
afternoon and headed to the President for his signature that will
provide $75 billion to health care providers for expenses and lost
revenues attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic;

(2) a commemoration of the life of former Connecticut Commissioner Tom
A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., who died April 9 at the age of 78, just nine days
after his wife's death;

(3) information on a published study that has found that risk factors
for attempted suicide vary by age;

(4) this week's Crisis Now Crisis Talk blog on Major Sam Cochran
(Ret.), Co-Chair of CIT International’s Board of Directors, who says to
leaders, “Support and Keep Open Essential Mental Health Crisis
Services”; and

(5) continuing updates to our Federal agency compliance resource links
for providers, Medicaid administrators, and SMHAs, as well as updates to
the links to § 1135 waivers, § 1915(c) Appendix K Medicaid waivers, and
Medicaid State Plan Amendments addressing testing and treatment for
COVID-19 services.

Stay safe and stay well. 



Stuart Yael Gordon
Senior Director of Policy & Communications
National Association of State Mental
   Health Program Directors
66 Canal Center Plaza
Suite 302
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-682-7552
cell: 443-808-5203 or 716-994-4029



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