News Report | October 28, 2018
New Jersey Transfers Division Of Mental Health & Addiction Services From DOH Back To DHS
On October 1, 2018, New Jersey finished moving the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) from the Department of Health (DOH) back to the Department of Human Services (DHS). Before August 2017, DMHAS had been entirely housed within DHS. However, on August 28, 2017, former Governor Chris Christie transferred DMHAS from DHS to DOH to create a new system of integrated care intended to treat the “whole person,” by simultaneously addressing physical, mental and behavioral health care in the same primary care setting; a key focus was addiction treatment.
DOH is the state’s public health agency, responsible . . .