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Officials outline $332 million plan for new Jamestown state hospital campus
Summary
HHS officials described a $332 million design for a new 165‑bed state psychiatric hospital on or near the Jamestown campus, combining inpatient and offender treatment capacity into a consolidated facility.
The Department of Health and Human Services outlined preliminary plans and cost estimates for a new state psychiatric hospital on the Jamestown campus to the House Appropriations Committee.
Pam Sagness, executive director of behavioral health for HHS, said the department used the $12.5 million appropriated last session for predesign and schematic work and contracted with JLG Architects and Architecture Plus, a firm with experience in public psychiatric hospital design.
“We have plans that are developed for 165 bed hospital. That includes a 125 inpatient beds and then 40 beds for the offender treatment program,” Sagness said,…
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