State
- In a continuing battle, nine state senators have filed suit over a new law that counts people in state prisons at their home addresses rather than where they are incarcerated.
- New Yorkers entitled to improved mental health benefits under Timothy's Law, the state's mental health parity law, are largely unaware of their benefits, according to a study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City.
- A Vera Institute report finds that New York City’s risk assessment instrument, which helps family court judges weigh the risks of recidivism, has helped reduce both the use of secure detention and recidivism.
- New York City health officials have released HIV/AIDS surveillance data for 2009.
National
- With the deadline for a federal budget only hours away, leaders of the House and Senate had not yet reached a deal.
- Healthcare organizations and practitioners who have not adopted electronic medical records say that they are expensive and that they will cut productivity even after fully implemented, according to a new survey.
- In a shift hailed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV testing law in Ohio no longer requires a separate consent form.
- California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will shift responsibility for incarcerating and supervising thousands of people from the state to local governments.
- The mental health system in Wisconsin is preparing for major cuts as lawmakers and the governor work to close a budget gap.
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released "Medicaid’s Role in the Health Benefits Exchange: A Road Map for States" as a guide to effectively integrating Medicaid as states they build their new health benefit exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
- In a report released this week, the NAACP examines trends in six cities -- including New York -- that show escalating levels of prison spending, studying their impact on state budgets and children.
- The Washington Post and the Denver Post examine the wave of states looking into alternatives to incarceration as budgets continue to shrink.
- As Texas legislators consider sentencing reforms, a poll by the Right on Crime policy group finds that more than three-fourths of registered voters in the state favor stronger court oversight and the use of treatment instead of prison for low-level drug crimes.
- Budget troubles in North Carolina may mean closing prisons and drug treatment centers.
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