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...
South Dakota Office of Rural Health Community Star Nomination
​Do you know someone or an organization that is making a positive health impact in your rural community? The ​South Dakota Office of Rural...
JCA Receives FY2019 Updates and FY2020 Revenue Projections
​The Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations (JCA) held their second meeting of the 2019 interim on Monday, July 22. The Interim JCA, co-chaired by...
