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Wyomings suicide rate ranks first in the nation, according to the most recent data, and state lawmakers are taking steps to improve access to mental health care. The state budget recently passed by legislators prioritized ten million dollars for investments in mental health for K-12 students. Rep. ...

A new report from Georgetown Universitys Center for Children and Families says nationwide, 4.16 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program. The report tracks the impacts of lifting COVID-19 coverage protections on Medicaid enrollment, showing that Tennessee experienced more than 59,000 disenrollments. Michele Johnson, executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, said 76% of people in Tennessee whove lost coverage did so due to procedura...

More than one million children in Texas no longer have health insurance through Medicaid, despite being eligible for coverage, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. During the COVID-19 pandemic, states were not allowed to cancel coverage - then last year, state health departments were tasked with rechecking the eligibility of Medicaid recipients. Brittney Taylor-Ross, senior policy analyst with the advocacy group Every Texan, said despite ...

As the curtain falls on this legislative session in Wyoming, I am compelled to express gratitude on behalf of the Wyoming Association of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (WAMHSAC)

Seven-year-old Emmitt Anderson stood tall in the Wyoming House of Representatives gallery on Feb. 21. With his cowboy hat off and his hand over his heart, he enunciated each word

This year’s 988 suicide lifeline funding bill is moot. But funding for the lifeline could still survive the session.

An emotional debate broke out Thursday in the Wyoming House about what it means to be fiscally conservative when a budget amendment was brought to bolster benefits for families of

CHEYENNE — A $40 million allocation for 988 hotline operations is still alive in the Wyoming House of Representatives, but since lawmakers must reconcile a $900 million difference in the

This year’s 988 lifeline funding bill failed to meet a procedural deadline. But a budget amendment lawmakers adopted last week could keep funding alive through the session.

CHEYENNE — A $40 million allocation for 988 hotline operations is still alive in the Wyoming House of Representatives, but since lawmakers must reconcile a $900 million difference in the