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Georgia behavioral health chief warns state faces inpatient bed ‘cliff’ as forensic backlog grows
2366707 · February 21, 2025
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Commissioner Kevin Tanner told the House Appropriations subcommittee that Georgia is adding crisis and step‑down capacity but still faces a growing backlog of people in jails waiting for hospital beds and rising demand for restoration and long‑term services.
Kevin Tanner, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services that the state is expanding crisis, forensic and transitional capacity but is…
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