Tompkins County board reviews 2025–2030 CHIP priorities; perinatal mental‑health screening and mammogram access discussed County public‑health staff presented the draft 2025–2030 Community Health Improvement Plan priorities (housing, nutrition security, substance‑use prevention, perinatal care, chronic disease) and sought board input on interventions including prenatal/postpartum mental‑health screening and a mammogram scheduling pilot; staff noted a reported 53% mammography rate among Medicaid‑eligible women in the cited data.

Tompkins County is gearing up to tackle pressing health issues with bold interventions in housing, nutrition, and perinatal care as part of their 2025-2030 Community Health Improvement Plan!

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Senate Finance Committee reports wide slate of bills to full Senate, including judicial raises, maternal health equipment and energy bill The Senate Finance Committee reported multiple committee substitutes and bills to the full Senate with recommendations to pass, covering topics from judicial pay raises and charter school facility access to Medicaid blood pressure devices for postpartum enrollees and the West Virginia First Energy Act.

The Senate Finance Committee has just advanced a groundbreaking package of bills that could reshape judicial pay, enhance maternal health support, and stabilize energy policy in West Virginia!

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Maryland Senate reviews bills on newborn nursing and mental health terminology updates Senate hearings cover Senate Bill 156 on newborn services and Senate Bill 163 on mental health terminology.

Maryland's Senate is taking bold steps to reshape public health with groundbreaking bills on newborn care and mental health language that could transform lives!

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