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Northam pitches $485 2 million package for behavioral health with eye toward next budget
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Northam pitches $485 2 million package for behavioral health with eye toward next budget
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MICHAEL MARTZ
Richmond Times-Dispatch
In an escalating battle over responsibility for mentally ill people in crisis, Virginiaâs 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 stateâs overcrowded and understaffed mental hospitals.
The private hospitals, agitated by what they call âmisinformed criticismâ 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 âonce-in-a-generation opportunity for the commonwealth to invest in strengthening the behavioral health system.â
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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.
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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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