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Gov. Kehoe Signs Supplemental Funding Bill For SFY 2025
UMSL/Missouri Institute For Mental Health Offers Free Naloxone To Hospitals
Moore Named President Of Mercy Washington And Lincoln Communities
New Administrator Named For Center For Behavioral Health Maryland Heights
Osage Beach Center For Behavioral Health Names Administrator
Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, Mosaic Life Care At St. Joseph Names New President
Staff Contact: Nate Percy
On March 17, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the supplemental budget bill for the remainder of SFY 2025. The bill includes over $1.9 billion of funding, including paying overtime for DMH employees, community programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and additional funding for MO HealthNet.
Staff Contact: Keri Winegar
The University of Missouri-St. Louis/Missouri Institute for Mental Health is offering free naloxone to help patients, and their loved ones, who present to a hospital. Naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses the effects of opioids, is being offered through a one-year pilot program in 2025.
UMSL/MIMH offers monthly or quarterly shipments of naloxone, kits with educational resources and a disposable one-way breathing mask, assistance on policy and procedures to distribute naloxone through the hospital, along with ongoing technical assistance and support for hospitals.
Hospital staff interested in requesting naloxone for their facilities are encouraged to complete this form or email Esmarie Swisher, with MIMH.
Staff Contact: Becky Boyce
Marie Moore was named the next president of Mercy Washington and Lincoln Communities, effective March 3. Moore previously was the chief nursing officer of Mercy Springfield and has been with Mercy for more than 17 years, serving in several leadership positions.
Staff Contact: Becky Boyce
Center for Behavioral Health Maryland Heights has named Stacy Wilson as the new administrator, effective Feb. 27. She replaces Laura Outlaw, who served as the administrator since May 2023.
Staff Contact: Becky Boyce
Osage Beach Center for Behavioral Health has named Karen Pilgrim as the new administrator, effective Feb. 10. Pilgrim replaces Teresa Fisher, who served as the interim administrator of the hospital since Lydia Porter Jones’ departure in December 2024. Fisher now will serve as the associate vice president for the region.
Staff Contact: Becky Boyce
Shannon Grams has been named the new president of Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph, effective Feb. 1. Dana Anderson previously served as the president of the hospital since November 2015. Anderson now is the COO of Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville.
READ: DMH, the lead agency in Missouri for reporting opioid settlement expenditures, recently released its annual report on opioid settlement funds. In this report, you can find the distribution summary for CY 2024. Expenditure reports also are available by city or county.
WATCH: If you missed MHA’s recent webinar about the Missouri One Start Training Program, you can watch a recording of the presentation. The program offers a competitive grant to help Missouri employers offset training costs for short-term training credentials, such as licenses or certifications. Eligible employers can access as much as $2,000 per individual (or $30,000 per company) annually for short-term training. Also, check out this presentation, which will walk you through program details, the application process, eligibility requirements and key deadlines.