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>>> Stuart Gordon 4/23/2020 3:04 PM >>><br></span><div>Attached is this week's <em>NASMHPD Weekly Update, </em>containing:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) details on the legislation--the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act--due to be passed by the House later this afternoon and headed to the President for his signature that will provide $75 billion to health care providers for expenses and lost revenues attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic;</div><div><br></div><div>(2) a commemoration of the life of former Connecticut Commissioner Tom A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., who died April 9 at the age of 78, just nine days after his wife's death;</div><div><br></div><div>(3) information on a published study that has found that risk factors for attempted suicide vary by age;</div><div><br></div><div>(4) this week's Crisis Now <em>Crisis Talk </em>blog on <a name="Quarantine"></a><a name="Telehealth"></a><a name="Tsunami"></a><a name="Sam"></a>Major
Sam Cochran (Ret.), Co-Chair of CIT International’s Board of Directors, who says to leaders, “Support and Keep Open
Essential Mental Health Crisis Services”; and</div><div><br></div><div>(5) continuing updates to our Federal agency compliance resource links for providers, Medicaid administrators, and SMHAs, as well as updates to the links to <span style='font-family: "Cambria",serif;'><font size="3">§</font><font face="Segoe UI" size="2"> 1135 waivers, § 1915(c) Appendix K Medicaid waivers, and Medicaid State Plan Amendments addressing testing and treatment for COVID-19 services.</font></span></div><div><br></div><div>Stay safe and stay well. </div><div><br></div><span id="GWSignatureSent" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="display: inline-block; -ms-word-wrap: normal;">
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