Suicide Prevention in South Dakota
September is National Suicide Month. South Dakota is not immune from suicide. In 2018, suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in South...
South Dakota Cancer Coalition Fall Meeting
The South Dakota Cancer Coalition's Fall meeting will be held Wednesday, October 2 from 10-3:30 CST at the Highland in Mitchell, SD.  ​Please use the...
South Dakota Farm & Ranch Stress Summit
South Dakota Extension Rural Behavioral Health Team is partnering with the South Dakota Counselors Association (SDCA) to provide the South Dakota Farm and Ranch...
South Dakota MOST Webinar Recording Now Available
On March 27, 2019 Governor Noem signed into law Senate bill 118 to establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning and allow the execution...
Interim Legislative Studies Convened Aug 27 and Aug 29
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, to include five separate task forces. Two task forces met last week. 1) Leverage...
Pierre Rural Family Medicine Residency Program to Start in September
The South Dakota State Legislature approved funding for the Pierre Rural Family Medicine Residency program (PRFMR), the program is overseen by the Center for...
South Dakota’s tax receipts $5.7M less than expected
The State of South Dakota general fund receipt report through 1 month, total actual ongoing receipts were $5.7M less than the original adopted FY2020...
Upcoming August Meetings for Mental Health Task Force Scheduled
Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, passed during the 2019 Legislation Session, included task forces to examine:
Reduce the Overall Use of Acute Mental Health Hospitalizations
Reduce the...
South Dakota Receives Medicaid RAC Exemption Approval
CMS has approved South Dakota’s State Plan Amendment (SPA) 19-008, granting South Dakota another 2-year exemption from federal requirements to establish a Recovery Audit...
Notice of the Availability of Nursing Facility Beds
Due to the impending closure of the Covington Care and Rehabilitation Center nursing facility in Sioux Falls, the South Dakota Department of Health has...
