CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to ...

The Illinois Department of Human Services divisions overseeing mental health and substance abuse would be consolidated under ...

Assemblymember Damon Connolly has introduced legislation intended to curtail barriers to emergency mental health treatment. Assembly Bill 384, or the Mental Health Protection Act, would prevent ...

A biotech company is attempting to persuade Kansas legislators to modify the state’s controlled substances act in advance of ...

A bill to include immunity for helping someone in a mental health crisis under the state’s Good Samaritan laws has passed in ...

Caroline Ouko, the mother of Irvo Otieno is putting her support behind a piece of legislation that she says could have helped saved him from being sent to jail and his eventual death.

Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation that would charge fentanyl and heroin dealers with murder when the user suffers a fatal overdose.

Bravo to Palm Beach County commissioners, for pledging a substantial investment in mental health care. The board voted ...

A top judicial branch official said New Mexico's courts are willing to shoulder a larger role under a legislative plan to overhaul the state's mental health and substance abuse treatment system. But ...

It’s been three months since California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a new law that pledged to provide ...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong calls on social media companies to limit algorithms and notifications for children ...

Some early session bills in the Pennsylvania legislature align with Gov. Josh Shapiro’s health spending priorities and ...