Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced legislation to end the outdated Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP), which strips justice-involved individuals of their Medicaid coverage, passing the cost on to counties and states. The Humane Correctional Health Care Act would help disrupt… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Blake Moore (R-UT) reintroduced a resolution for the 118th Congress expressing congressional support for BridgeUSA programs—formerly the Exchange Visitor J-1 Visa Program—which are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States. Across the nation, and in states like Utah and New Hampshire, participants in these… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, led her fellow co-chairs and Senators Rick Scott, Ed Markey, Marco Rubio, and Thom Tillis to announce a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing June 6th as Naloxone Awareness Day. The resolution promotes awareness of… Read more »

(Washington, DC) -- Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), along with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded  $499,277 to Lamprey Health Care to support their Southern NH Area Health Education Center (AHEC)… Read more »

**Kuster urged her colleagues to support a more forward-focused and expansive response to the overdose epidemic**   Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, urged her colleagues to support her bipartisan legislation, the STOP Fentanyl Overdoses Act, to address the fentanyl… Read more »

**A new CDC report found that drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl have increased nearly four-fold in recent years**   Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) led Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) and Don Bacon (NE-02) in introducing the STOP Fentanyl Overdoses Act, bipartisan legislation to ramp up our public health response to the opioid epidemic. Kuster… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), and David Trone (D-MD) released the following statement after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule that extends telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), with Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), introduced H.R. 3080, the Health Center Service Expansion and Provider Shortage Reduction Act to increase access to mental and behavioral health services provided through health centers, expand weekend and evening hours, create new service sites, and… Read more »

Nashua, N.H. — Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) met with leadership and clinicians at Greater Nashua Mental Health (GNMH) to discuss their work and share updates on her efforts to address the substance use epidemic and end the stigma around treatment. During the roundtable, Kuster and local health care providers discussed the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and the importance… Read more »

Bipartisan task force pushing for mental health, substance use awareness A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing Congress to dedicate a week this year to mental health and substance abuse awareness. And they’re doing so by pointing out a pretty grim statistic: More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdose-related causes in 2021. The 140-member Task Force on Mental Health and… Read more »