UAMS and Arkansas Children’s present school-based mental health symposium
UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital presented a free two-day symposium focused on school-based supports for children’s mental health, autism and developmental differences.
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North Star Behavioral Health can relocate Anchorage psychiatric beds without new certificate of need
Alaska health officials determined that North Star Behavioral Health may move and reassign existing psychiatric beds and programs among its Anchorage facilities without a new Certificate of Need.
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Juneau mobile crisis program reports more than 250 behavioral-health responses
Bartlett Regional Hospital says its Mobile Crisis Program has answered more than 250 behavioral-health crisis calls since launching in November 2024, with about half resolved without an emergency-department transport.
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Billings shelter opens early as heat dome raises wildfire and health risks
The Montana Rescue Mission in Billings opened earlier than usual for heat relief as a high-pressure heat dome extended across parts of the West, from Arizona to Montana.
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Lexington launches $3 million opioid-abatement grant program for community initiatives
Lexington announced July 1, 2026, that it will make $3 million available for community-based opioid-abatement initiatives.
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Beshear directs $476 million surplus and corporate-tax windfall to Medicaid, senior services
Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky would use an unbudgeted $476 million surplus and more than $350 million in unexpected corporate-income-tax payments for Medicaid, senior meals and additional Michelle P. Waiver costs.
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Iowa launches Medicaid fraud-elimination task force with report due in 120 days
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Executive Order 20 establishes a statewide task force to recommend steps aimed at reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Iowa Medicaid.
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Burlington closes swimming water at four beaches after cyanobacteria blooms
Burlington closed swimming water at four public beaches on July 3 after cyanobacteria blooms. The city’s daily monitoring and follow-up testing will determine when beaches can reopen.
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Oklahoma City’s 2025 water report finds no drinking-water violations
Oklahoma City’s annual 2025 Drinking Water Quality Report, released June 30, 2026, reports zero drinking-water violations and says the city’s water met or exceeded applicable federal and state standards.
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California’s Proposition 1 behavioral-health overhaul takes effect statewide
California began statewide implementation of the Behavioral Health Services Act in July 2026, extending Proposition 1’s behavioral-health reforms to all 58 counties.
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Indiana publishes HIP work-requirement rollout details ahead of 2027 coverage reviews
Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration has issued beneficiary notices outlining when Healthy Indiana Plan work requirements and six-month coverage renewals will begin in 2027.
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Rabies-vaccine bait distribution begins across 10 Vermont counties
Vermont’s second 2026 wildlife rabies-vaccine bait distribution begins Aug. 1, with about 915,700 oral vaccine baits planned in 10 counties.