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Coverage of the healthcare and mental healthcare industries.
The man who made himself sick mixing unstable chemicals in his Durham apartment seems to be a victim of his own recreational interests, according to Assistant Strafford County Attorney Joachim Barth.
An open and competitive market for the sale of cannabis in the Live Free or Die state was advocated over a “Soviet style monopoly,” run by the liquor commission, legislators were told at a hearing on a new amendment to legalize weed this year.
A House Finance Committee’s subdivision wants to hold a bill reauthorizing the state’s Medicaid expansion program for a year.
During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announces “Mission Zero,” a plan to eliminate hospital emergency department (ED) psychiatric boarding by 2025.
The state’s Medicaid expansion program cleared its first hurdle in the House unscathed after three hours of debate Thursday.
The state now has 12 months to stop using hospital emergency room beds for psychiatric holds under the terms of a permanent injunction issued Wednesday by United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty.
Associate Attorney General Anne M. Edwards Parker was confirmed as a Superior Court Justice and the state approved a previously tabled contract for software needs at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday.
Gov. Chris Sununu told reporters that he supports the current Parental Bill of Rights and laid out his reasons for suddenly supporting legal cannabis sales saying it is likely an issue for next year.
The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to allow opioids to be prescribed by telehealth appointment just as the federal health emergency ends.