LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  (As of 6/17/09)       

The 81^st Regular Legislative Session ended June 1, 2009. Several important mental health initiatives passed, many of which will have a direct impact on Harris County, including: 1) $27 million to maintain crisis redesign funding at FY’09 levels and $55 million to expand ongoing and transitional community mental health services, 2) a legislative rider that will ensure that the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County will receive a disproportionate share of the funds for ongoing and transitional community mental health services and 3) $8.5 million additional dollars for the University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center to open 24 additional inpatient beds. A final legislative wrap-up will be on MHA’s website www.mhahouston.org later this month. Please contact Andrea Hinckson at ahinckson@mhahouston.org for more information. 

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