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Committee hears bill to create South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital with 104 beds
Summary
House Bill 2365 would establish the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital in statute, authorize a fee fund and add the facility to cross‑references in state law.
House Bill 2365 would add the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital to state statute as a state psychiatric hospital, create a dedicated fee fund, update cross‑references throughout existing law, and authorize the facility Sedgwick County and the state have planned for several years.
KDADS Deputy Secretary Scott Bruner told the Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare that the hospital is planned to provide 104 beds for adults committed for involuntary mental health treatment under the care and treatment statute and to provide competency services for criminal defendants as an extension of Larned State Security Hospital. He said Sedgwick County is a key local partner that has acquired the property and engaged a general…
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