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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Increasing Access to Rural Behavioral Health

Behavioral health disorders can be challenging to identify, screen for and treat, especially in rural communities. Learn about state policy options to increase access to rural behavioral health services including crisis hotline upgrades, opioid use disorder treatment, scope of practice and licensing for behavioral health professionals and more. Speakers include Kelly Hughes, Charlie Severance-Medaris and Sydne Enlund, NCSL, Shawnda Schroeder and Andrew J. McLean, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.