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 ...
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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 ...
Misdemeanor defendants with mental illness wouldn’t go to Oregon State Hospital under new proposal
Disability Rights Oregon wants the state to send only felony defendants who are unable to aid in their own defense and need mental health treatment to the state psychiatric hospital — not those facing ...
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 ...
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 ...
New UW behavioral health hospital limits admissions amid defense dispute
A backlog of patients are in short-term facilities or emergency rooms, waiting to get the help a new UW hospital was built to ...
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Mass. plans to close state mental health center on Cape Cod; will cut 100s of related jobs
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey plans to close a mental health center in Cape Cod, in addition to shuttering a state-run ...
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Flushing Hospital continues to increase psychiatric capacity with $8.5M project
Flushing Hospital Medical Center is adding to its array of psychiatric beds with the planned addition of an emergency unit ...