Health Care

The state agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is on track to run out of money to pay claims on May 12, a full seven weeks before the end of the fiscal year.

About 170 state mental health case managers hoping their jobs might be saved found no relief in the spending plan released on Wednesday by the House budget committee.

Worcester State University will establish two nursing endowment funds and a study abroad program following a $1.24-million gift from assets of the city’s former Becker College.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is warning the effects of these cuts will be irretrievable, impacting residents, employees, and companies through all industry sectors.

Senate Democrats announced a bill Monday morning intended to shield reproductive and transgender care in Massachusetts from out-of-state threats, saying it was part of the response effort to the Trump administration.

Activists have been pushing state government for years to pass a bill authorizing overdose prevention centers and federal law has consistently been identified as the primary barrier.

The new emergency facility will be located at 490 Main St. in Groton, according to a statement from UMass Memorial

Health care workers are facing increasingly dangerous and violent situations in hospitals, the three health care organizations all testified. In the 16 years since a version of this bill was first introduced, incidents of assault on workers have grown significantly.

The Turning 22 program, which has its largest class to date and helps young adults move into adult services, features an increasing share of participants on the autism spectrum.

As human service workers called for her removal Monday and held up posters decrying proposed budget cuts, Department of Mental Health Commissioner Brooke Doyle defended plans to lay off case managers in an effort to redirect resources to inpatient services.