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Maine department of health and human services

Published
August 15, 2024

Maine continues to see high hepatitis C infections despite overall declining rate

The rate of new acute cases, though highest in the nation, has decreased every year since peaking in 2020.
Published
August 10, 2024

Maine is still sending psych patients to controversial South Carolina hospital despite complaints

Justin Butterfield, 35, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital after killing his brother during a mental health crisis. His family is worried about him after he was transferred to a private hospital in South Carolina that has been likened to a prison.
Published
July 14, 2024

A 13-year-old Bingham girl has been stuck in the ER since Christmas. She just wants a place to call home.

Her parents, hospital officials, advocates and state officials want to find a placement, but there's no place else to go.
Published
June 23, 2024

A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.

Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
Published
June 18, 2024

Maine urged to raise wages for home health aides, long-term care workers

The Maine Center for Economic Policy recommends that health support workers be paid at least 140% of minimum wage, or $19.80 per hour.

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Published
May 24, 2024

Mills appoints longtime deputy as acting commissioner of DHHS

Sara Gagné-Holmes, who has been number 2 at the Department of Health and Human Services for 5 years, has been named acting commissioner to replace Jeanne Lambrew.
Published
May 7, 2024

Maine health and human services commissioner is stepping down

Jeanne Lambrew, who led the department through the COVID-19 pandemic, will begin a job at a Washington-based think tank and teach at Harvard University.
Published
March 1, 2024

Settlement requires DHHS to reform use of psychotropic drugs given to foster children

The parties agreed to 3 critical reforms: an improved medical records system, creation of an informed consent process, and a psychiatric clinical review after the drugs are administered to children.
Published
February 28, 2024

Father alleges former Maine DHHS caseworker sexually assaulted him

The federal lawsuit names Morgan Polky, who admitted to sexual misconduct with the father when the state revoked her social worker license in 2018.
Published
February 23, 2024

Maine fails to meet federal standards when returning at-risk children to their families, watchdog report says

OPEGA's report highlights another symptom of a child welfare system that suffers from high vacancies, heavy caseloads and a lack of community services for families struggling with mental health and substance use issues.