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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 29 - March 2025

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While many lawmakers and lobbyists crawled into the Georgia State Capitol on Monday after the double-whammy of Crossover Day and the return of Daylight Savings Time (to Senator Ben Watson’s chagrin), a few select legislators...more

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New York Note: NYS FY26 Executive Budget, City Legislation, Chief Nonprofit Officer

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Last Tuesday, Governor Hochul released her $252B FY26 Executive Budget. The proposal includes funding for $1B in tax cuts for middle class New Yorkers, $3B in rebate checks, $800M to expand the state’s child tax credit, $340M...more

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Broad Street Brief: Wellness Village to Open This Month

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Mayor Parker Marks Opening of Riverview Wellness Village- This week, Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled the new Riverview Wellness Village in Northeast Philadelphia, a key part of her administration’s strategy to address...more

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Cozen Cities - October 26, 2022

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CHICAGO — Chicago Offering 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave to City Employees; New Policy Applies to Birthing, Non-Birthing Parents- In yet another pre-election sweetener, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the city is...more

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Outlook for Action on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Initiatives

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Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more

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An Opportunity for Bipartisan Action: Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration Respond to Growing Mental Health and Substance...

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In October of 2018, Congress passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271). The comprehensive opioid treatment law passed both chambers of Congress with large bipartisan support and tackled many aspects...more

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Gold Dome Report — Sine Die Wrap-Up

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Just after midnight, the 2021 Legislative Session concluded with many legislative measures sneaking in under the wire—and many others lying dead on the House and Senate floors. The House and Senate compromise on the FY22...more

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2020 Mid-Year Vermont Health Care Update

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Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned Friday June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history – half of it remotely – the legislature has...more

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Connecticut Legislature Modifies Statutes Relevant to Preventing and Treating Opioid Use Disorder

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On July 9, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 19-191 “An Act Addressing Opioid Use” (PA 19-191). PA 19-191 makes various revisions to Connecticut’s opioid use prevention and treatment...more

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In a Unanimous Vote, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 Makes it Onto the Legislative Calendar

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As previously discussed in our post from September 2017, the push for a response to the opioid crisis is gaining momentum. Enter the “Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.” On May 7, 2018, the Opioid Crisis Response Act of...more

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