December 2018 South Dakota Economic and Revenue Report
SD Bureau of Finance and Management released the Economic and Revenue Update for December 2018.
Overall highlights, include ongoing state...
2019 State Legislative update
Even though there are still two weeks before the start of the 2019 Legislative Session, there are a number...
Big Things Happening with Health Care, Workforce & Licensure
In 2017, the US Department of Labor announced a grant award of $7.5 million to the National Conference of...
Mental health services draft legislation now available
The Access to Mental Health Task Force met Dec 3 and discussed three pieces of draft legislation. The drafts...
Children’s health insurance: National reports vs. South Dakota reports
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute released a report last month on the nation’s progress on children’s health and access...
SD Opioid Abuse Advisory Committee meets
The South Dakota Opioid Abuse Advisory Committee met Dec. 5. Several opioid grant funding updates were provided, including grants...
Gov. Daugaard delivers FY2020 budget address
Gov. Dennis Daugaard presented his final budget address to the South Dakota Legislature on Dec 4. The governor attributed...
Mental health committee drafts proposed legislation
The Access to Mental Health Services Study Committee met Dec. 3 to discuss proposed legislation for the 2019 legislative...
Encompass Health announces plans for its first inpatient rehabilitation hospital in South Dakota
Encompass Health Corp Nov. 29 announced plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Sioux Falls, which is...
New potential revenue for providers increases – what’s the catch?
In June 2018 the State of South Dakota won a U.S. Supreme Court case, South Dakota v. Wayfair (a...