Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Mental-health bill advances in House (West Virginia) West Virginia Gazette story - "A bill designed to require treatment for 'revolving-door' mental patients passed a major hurdle in the House of Delegates on Monday. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an amended version of the bill (SB191), which already passed the Senate and now goes to the entire House of Delegates for consideration. Last year, the committee failed to recommend the bill. The bill affects people who have been committed two times in the last 24 months to the state psychiatric hospital."