WA bill seeks cap for sending people to state psychiatric hospitals
Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...
Missouri, KC must resolve land transfers, environmental cleanup for $300M psychiatric hospital
Missouri and Kansas City have work to do before a $300 million mental health hospital can be built in the Historic Northeast.
Montana eyes $30M revamp of mental health, developmental disability facilities
As part of a proposed revamping of the state's behavioral health system, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration is ...
Misdemeanor defendants with mental illness wouldn’t go to Oregon State Hospital under new proposal
Disability Rights Oregon wants a judge to bar low-level defendants from being sent to the Oregon State Hospital without an ...
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NC moves to end police involvement in transporting mental health patients
North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting ...
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Drawn-out overhaul of troubled state hospital leaves lawmakers in limbo
Unsure how to help a troubled psychiatric facility, Montana legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental ...
Mental health facilities in Canton, Pocasset closing as Healey tries to lay off case managers
Gov. Maura Healey moved to close two mental health hospitals in Canton and Pocasset and lay off half of the Department of ...
Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.
Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time ...
'Generational Consequences' Could Follow Cape Mental Health Closure
Sheriff Donna Buckley joined a chorus of voices displeased with the potential Pocasset Mental Health Center closure.