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Article: Mental health reform plan nothing new.
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- Mental Health Weekly Digest
- Article date:
- March 8, 2004
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2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nebraska Governor Charles Thone tried it in 1980 but was rebuffed.
A task force in 1998 came close to recommending it, but backed off.
Now Governor Mike Johanns is giving it a go.
The governor is proposing closing the Hastings and Norfolk mental health treatment centers as part of a mental health reform plan that relies more heavily on community-based care. His plan is backed by the chairman of the Legislature's Health Committee and many mental health care advocacy groups.
Supporters say the reforms called for are badly needed.
The governor's plan provides a message of hope and recovery ...