...issues new guidance on ARPA Flex provision • Webinars to discuss allocation of opioid settlement funds • Link to the September 2023 issue of The Beacon (37 pages) Timely and...
...law, including improved accounting for opioid settlement funds, though the provisions are not included in the latest bill. The supplemental budget bill will be taken up by the House Ways...
...the Senate bill would provide important clarity on the process for spending and accounting for opioid settlement funds. The bulk of the spending in the bills, $2.12 billion, is for...
...years in the fields of psychiatry, neurology and addiction medicine, will discuss the opioid crisis facing Massachusetts and the nation. In a recent presentation, Michael’s pointed out that, in Massachusetts,...
...and Ed Markey at the MMA Annual Meeting in Boston on Jan. 23. Both senators also called for increased funding for the battle against the opioid crisis gripping the...
The Worcester Board of Health is refining an opioid epidemic action plan that would make the city the sixth in Massachusetts to permit a needle exchange program. The state’s second-largest...
...to report fatalities linked to opioids, and hospitals are required to reports births impacted by opioids. The law requires physicians to participate in the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program if they...
...salaries, benefits, and compensation trends across municipalities • Settlement forecasting: Real-time modeling applications that help forecast salary increases and simulate CBA settlement scenarios to provide municipal leaders with the data...
...to use money that Massachusetts received as part of a multi-state settlement related to unlawful foreclosure tactics. The $1 million that Massachusetts received through the settlement funded the grants for...
...proposed amendments, language approved by the Legislature to set up a special trust fund to hold any opioid lawsuit settlement amounts received by the Commonwealth. Chapter 201 includes $727,170 to...
