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On the recordJune 15, 2015
What we do is we elevate SAMHSA from an agency to having Assistant Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use be the head of that.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Explaining the elevation of SAMHSA's authority.

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