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Bill would direct planning and funds for a new forensic mental-health facility to relieve jail backlog
Summary
House Bill 912 would authorize planning and initial funding for a new forensic mental-health facility of at least 70 beds to reduce forensic-bed waits and county jail backlogs.
Representative Kelly opened the hearing on House Bill 912, a proposal to direct the construction of a new forensic mental-health facility (minimum 70 beds) intended to reduce waits for fitness evaluations and restoration of competency currently handled at the Galen/Warm Springs forensic unit and Montana State Hospital.
Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings, testifying for the Montana County Attorneys Association, urged the Legislature to act and described a long-term trend he linked to reduced inpatient bed capacity: more people with serious mental illness end up in local…
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