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Northam pitches $485 2 million package for behavioral health with eye toward next budget

Northam pitches $485 2 million package for behavioral health with eye toward next budget
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Private hospitals defend role in handling Virginia psychiatric emergencies, propose $33 million plan to ease crisis

MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch In an escalating battle over responsibility for mentally ill people in crisis, Virginia’s private hospitals are pitching a new plan for using $33 million in federal aid to expand options for diverting people in psychiatric emergencies away from the state’s overcrowded and understaffed mental hospitals. The private hospitals, agitated by what they call “misinformed criticism” about their role in a crisis that prompted Virginia to halt emergency admissions to five state hospitals, said in a letter to General Assembly budget leaders that the federal American Rescue Plan Act offers a “once-in-a-generation opportunity for the commonwealth to invest in strengthening the behavioral health system.”

Governor plans mid-week announcement for mental-health rescue funds

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Northam: Both ARPA and budget dollars will cover short-staffing at five mental hospitals An announcement on how much the state s mental-health hospitals should get from rescue funds could come as early as mid-week. The governor says it will also be covered in his December budget proposal. The Progress-Index Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday that the federal funding announcement he will make later this week will include money to cover the short-staff issues that forced the state to pause admissions at five Virginia-run mental institutions, including Central State Hospital. When asked if he would request American Rescue Plan Act dollars to address the staffing issues or wait until he presents his final budget proposal in December, the governor replied, Both.

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