A national chain of nonprofit treatment centers is threatening to close its clinic for drug addicts and the mentally ill in Las Vegas by the end of May amid a funding dispute with state and Southern Nevada governments and hospitals.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs told Sen. Dean Heller on Thursday that he would not push for privatization of medical care for veterans and would meet with Nevada veterans if confirmed by the Senate.
The city of Las Vegas soon will launch a mobile crisis unit to respond to people with psychiatric emergencies, part of an ongoing push to connect residents with health care through paths that don’t always end at an emergency room.
At its second meeting Wednesday, the Governor’s Opioid State Action Accountability Task Force was told of progress being made in four key areas identified as priorities at the panel’s first meeting in September.
The City Council voted 5-1 on Wednesday to start a competitive bidding process, seeking an outside law firm to represent the city in a potential lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors to recover money spent battling what’s widely considered a national epidemic.