Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Medical Assistance Services
 
Board
Board of Medical Assistance Services
 
chapter
Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical and Remedial Care and Services [12 VAC 30 ‑ 50]
Action Mental Health Skill-building Services
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/11/2013
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12/3/13  3:47 pm
Commenter: Bill Bestpitch, Roanoke City Council

No more cuts!
 

As an unintended consequence of the well-intentioned deinstitutionalization movement, our jails and prisons are full of individuals taking psychotropic medications who might not be incarcerated at all if they had received adequate mental health services.  We can reduce expenditures for correctional facilities by expanding access to appropriate treatment.

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