To better understand and address health disparities in their states, lawmakers within the last year created advisory committees and boards, increased access to health care services and addressed workforce shortages.

As the federal school meal program gets back on track after the pandemic, states and the federal government are proposing significant new policies that will shape the program’s future.

Many states are acting to ensure that medical graduates have access to clinical training, which is required for licensure, through statewide collaboration, appropriations, Medicaid payments and other incentives.

Massachusetts Sen. John Velis talks about how he and a bipartisan Labor Department task force are responding in face of a national behavioral health crisis.

Buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment for OUD, reduces the risk of overdose, illicit opioid use, and the transmission of infectious disease that can accompany...

With jails and prisons often housing more people with behavioral health needs than state-run psychiatric facilities, lawmakers and other stakeholders across the country are exploring ways to connect those who need treatment with community-based...