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2017 HHS Opioid News Updates

On this page: Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Dec

December

HHS highlights Office for Civil Rights' ongoing response to the opioid crisis, while implementing the 21st Century Cures Act
December 18, 2017
Readout of Acting HHS Secretary Hargan Holds High-Level Opioids Meeting
December 12, 2017
HHS announces the winners of the HHS Opioid Code-a-Thon
December 8, 2017

October

Readout of U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adam’s Visit to Local Addiction Treatment Facility
October 30, 2017
Readout of Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz’s Opioids Listening Session in Nashua, New Hampshire
October 30, 2017
Readout of Acting HHS Secretary Hargan’s Opioids Listening Session in Lexington, Kentucky
October 30, 2017
HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Guidance on How HIPAA Allows Information Sharing to Address the Opioid Crisis
October 27, 2017
HHS Acting Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency to Address National Opioid Crisis
October 26, 2017
Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz Meets with Innovators to Discuss Solutions to Opioid Crisis
October 6, 2017

September

HHS Office of Minority Health awards $5 million to help communities address the opioid crisis, childhood obesity and serious mental illness
September 27, 2017
HHS commits $144.1 million in additional funding for opioid crisis
September 15, 2017
HRSA awards $200 million to health centers nationwide to tackle mental health and fight the opioid overdose crisis
September 14, 2017

August

HHS Establishing Pain Management Task Force/Seeks Member Nominations
August 25, 2017
Readout of Secretary Price’s Meetings in Vietnam
August 24, 2017
HHS Secretary Statement on President Trump’s Opioid Announcement Today
August 10, 2017

July

HHS Awards 16 Grants to Prevent Opioid Misuse among Women and Girls
July 25, 2017
HHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma Address the Summer 2017 National Governors Association Meeting "The Future of Health Care"
July 15, 2017
HHS announces $80.8 million in grants for Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts, and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts
July 14, 2017

June

HHS announces the availability of $195 million to expand substance abuse and mental health services at health centers nationwide
June 26, 2017
Secretary Price Meets with Opioid Addiction Specialists, Providers, and Treatment Facilities Stakeholders
June 19, 2017

May

HHS announces over $70 million in grants to address the opioid crisis
May 31, 2017

April

Trump Administration awards grants to states to combat opioid crisis
April 19, 2017