Category: Opioids

DHS awards grants to cover room, board costs for Medicaid members in residential treatment

The Department of Health Services awarded $2.5 million in grants Wednesday to help 1,300 Wisconsin Medicaid members access residential treatment for opioid use disorder. 
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JFC objects again to opioid settlement spending plan

The Republican-controlled Legislature's budget-writing committee on Tuesday put the brakes on a plan by state health officials to spend the second year of opioid settlement funds from agreements with a drugmaker and three drug distributors. 
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DHS awards $10 million to support women with opioid use disorder

The Department of Health Services has awarded $10 million in opioid settlement dollars for capital projects at organizations that provide treatment and recovery support services for women with opioid use disorder.
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DHS prioritizes boosting access to Narcan, fentanyl test strips with opioid settlement dollars

The Department of Health Services wants to use half of the $8 million it expects to receive this year in opioid settlement funds from a drugmaker and three drug distributors to expand access to the anti-overdose drug Narcan and fentanyl test strips.
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GOP lawmakers once again vow to overhaul Evers’ budget

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday vowed to scrap Gov. Tony Evers’ 2023-25 budget and write their own, after the governor called for Medicaid expansion and a paid family and medical leave program.
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