The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

March 31st, 2020 | Posted by CCAPP in Health & Wellness | Policy - (Comments Off on The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020, and is the third substantial piece of legislation dealing with SARS-CoV-2 (which causes covid-19) in the United States. The International Monetary Fund has remarked that “unprecedented policy actions [have been] undertaken by central banks and governments world-wide.” According …
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Can You Trust Preliminary Alcohol Screening Devices?

February 28th, 2020 | Posted by CCAPP in Addiction | Health & Wellness | Impaired Driving | Policy - (Comments Off on Can You Trust Preliminary Alcohol Screening Devices?)

TSRP & LFS Responds to New York Times Article On November 3, 2019, the New York Times published an article about Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) devices. The article was titled, “These Machines Can Put You in Jail. Don’t Trust Them.” The Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors (TSRP) released a statement (below) as it relates to the …
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Dealing with Potentially Violent Clients

July 25th, 2016 | Posted by Rob Weiss in Abuse | Counselor Education | Policy | Therapy | Workplace Issues - (Comments Off on Dealing with Potentially Violent Clients)

Identifiable Risk Factors After multiple instances of mass violence in the past year (Dallas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, and Charleston, to name but a few), the ability to identify and treat individuals who are predisposed to violent behaviors is more vital than ever. Unfortunately, even mental health professionals are not very good at predicting …
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Since the passage of federal health care reform earlier this year – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL  111-148) and the companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (PL  111-143) – many in the addiction treatment field have been wondering what kind of impact this will have on the delivery of substance abuse …
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It’s been a very long road, but the addiction and mental health fields have cleared another hurdle with the recent release of federal rules that define how mental health and addiction parity must be implemented. Interim final rules jointly issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department …
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