Behavioral Health Business December 18, 2024
Chris Larson

Congressional leaders unveiled a stopgap funding bill that will largely fund the federal government at present levels for a few months after Republicans assume control of a unified government.

On Tuesday, the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations released a 1,547-page bill detailing funding provisions and regulatory tweaks that will carry federal spending through March 14, 2025. The bill also includes add-ons for emergency funding for states impacted by the hurricanes Helene and Milton and for American farmers.

The bill also contains a handful of provisions directly relevant to the behavioral health industry and a few more that are tangentially relevant.

Chief among those is the reauthorization of the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for...

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