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{"7DC7FBB1-5056-A066-60FA-72DA04784879":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"7DC7FBB1-5056-A066-60FA-72DA04784879","title":"Sen. Schumer pushes for funding for Opioid Addiction Treatment","summary":"Rochester, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"March 25, 2019","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/sen-schumer-pushes-for-funding-for-opioid-addiction-treatment","city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe","lat":43.1218634,"lng":-77.6255539,"description":"On March 25, 2019, U,S, Senator Charles E. Schumer stood at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), to launch a major push to pass the recently-introduced Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act. This bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Schumer, would extend funding for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) pilot program, which authorizes the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide enhanced payments through Medicaid to hospitals and health care providers in 8 states, including New York, to offer comprehensive opioid addiction and mental health care services. Schumer explained that URMC is the only hospital in New York State that is home to one of these CCBHC’s, and that the pilot program has saved New York State millions of dollars, while at the same time allowing the hospital to greatly expand mental health and addiction treatment services, hire additional staff, reduce treatment wait-times, add 24-hour mobile crisis teams, and boost Medication Assisted Opiate Treatment Programs from 125 to 500 patients, which has culminated in the overall treatment of over 6,200 adult and children patients so far over the 2-year pilot program period. Schumer said that with the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region still suffering from the scourge of the opioid crisis, and with funding for New York State’s CCBHC’s set to expire this June, Congress must pass the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act as soon as possible, to ensure that the residents of the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region have access to the addiction and mental health care services and treatment options that they need and deserve.\r\n "}}

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