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House moves bill to establish south-central state psychiatric hospital in Wichita
Summary
Lawmakers reported a bill creating the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital (HB 2365) for Wichita and updated catchment areas for other state hospitals. The measure includes administration and fund-creation language; several members supported the project, others urged better local outreach to neighborhoods near the site.
The Kansas House reported House Bill 23 65 favorably on Feb. 19, a bill that creates statutory authority for a south‑central regional mental health hospital to serve committed psychiatric patients and to set up the administrative and fund structures for the new facility.
Representative Gardner, the bill’s sponsor, described the measure as primarily administrative — creating the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital fee fund, vesting implementation authority with the Department for Aging…
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