{"id":233,"date":"2026-04-07T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/institute-of-mental-health\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:32:02","slug":"legislative-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.laverne.edu\/institute-of-mental-health\/legislative-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"gray-box-grid-shortcode\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<aside class=\"landing-page-promos gray\">\n\t<div class=\"lp-promos-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slanty-promotions card-layout\">\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"promo-69f8e9022806e\" class=\"slanty-promotion content two-column hide-button\">\n\t<div class=\"promo-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"promo-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-headline h2\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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