Behavioral Health Business August 5, 2024
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved about $8.05 billion related to behavioral health across multiple parts of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS).
On Thursday, the bipartisan committee approved funding items on a 25-3 vote. A committee report details the financial priorities for the pending federal fiscal year 2025 budget. Items spanned the education, health and labor departments of the executive branch. Most of the behavioral health-related spending was encompassed by the expanded budget for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): $7.55 billion.
Overall, HHS would get about $122.8 billion if approved by the rest of the legislature. The Senate Appropriations Committee also approved funding priorities for energy, defense, finance and general government...
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