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Patty Murray: “You know, over the past few years and even in the past few weeks, I've heard a lot about the gaps in our behavioral…”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
You know, over the past few years and even in the past few weeks, I've heard a lot about the gaps in our behavioral health workforce and how that is crippling our efforts to fight this crisis.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Highlighting workforce gaps in behavioral health as a barrier to addressing the crisis.

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