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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Our View: Gov. LePage leaves legacy of bullheadedness on mental health
His failure to work collaboratively will be memorialized by a facility in Bangor.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2018
State official won’t be held in contempt for keeping mentally ill man in jail
A judge says such incidents are cause for concern but the man at the center of the legal filing is now getting mental health treatment.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2018
Maine Voices: State saves money at expense of people who need special health care
Diverting DHHS funds for community-based services to other purposes, like a new 16-bed psychiatric facility, is unfair and can cause hardships.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client's ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2018
Trump administration funding formula causes Maine to lose out on millions in federal opioid money
Because officials used older data, the state missed a key cutoff, and funding dropped precipitously.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2018
Mills names Mainer with White House experience to lead state’s ‘most important department’
The incoming governor says she will nominate Jeanne Lambrew, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth, to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Court master moves to block state’s funding plan for new psychiatric facility
Daniel Wathen says Maine DHHS wants to pay a contractor to run the facility with $5.4 million that is supposed to fund community-based services.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Another View: State statistics don’t fully reflect impact of Lyme disease
The problem is much more serious than public health officials and doctors are willing to admit.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Maine increases payments to providers treating opioid use disorder
Treatment experts applaud the move, but say it took the LePage administration too long to make significant investments in expanding treatment, given the severity of the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Head of Maine’s botched unemployment system named to top child welfare post
John Feeney oversaw the roll-out of a new unemployment system last year and is now COO of the state Office of Child and Family Services.
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