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Ohio county seeks federal help to expand drug abuse battle


Wednesday, June 15, 2016

by Akron Legal News

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio's largest county is asking the federal government to waive rules that would make more publicly funded beds available for long-term drug treatment as it battles a growing epidemic of heroin and fentanyl abuse that has killed 200 people so far this year.

The Cuyahoga County executive released a letter sent last month to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that asks the agency to waive rules that limits Medicaid payments to only 16 beds in facilities that provide residential drug treatment.

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