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Commission hears shortfalls in behavioral-health capacity; crisis centers and medication access noted
Summary
Department of Mental Health and commissioners described limited inpatient capacity, a shortfall in civil commitment beds, the expansion of crisis centers and the recent addition of medication assisted treatment in the Department of Corrections.
Commission members and Department of Mental Health representatives described gaps in behavioral-health infrastructure that affect reentry outcomes and community safety.
Speakers said Alabama has limited long-term inpatient treatment and insufficient civil commitment beds. A Department of Mental Health participant reported a commonly cited benchmark that states should have about 30 civil-commitment beds per 100,000 population; Alabama’s current figure was described as approximately 14 beds per 100,000. The shortfall,…
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