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| Document Summary | - Report Published - |
Senate Document No. 05
PUBLICATION YEAR 1982 | |
| Document Title |
| Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse System |
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| Author |
| Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation |
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| Enabling Authority |
| SJR 12 (1980) |
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| Executive Summary |
In its report to the Governor and the 1980 Session of the General Assembly, the
Commission on Mental Health and Mental Retardation requested "..,that the Governor
establish a timetable for closing, demolishing, or transferring obsolete or substandard
buildings throughout the State's mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse system".
One factor underlying this request was the census decrease in the institutional
system during the past ten years and the logical conclusion that this decrease should
effect a reduced need for space. Other changes that might contribute to this reduction
are the natural aging of the State's buildings, the reduction in staff on-grounds housing,
and the cessation of the Department's farming operations at the State hospitals.
An accurate assessment of the genuinely extraneous buildings requires a thorough
analysis of the quality and quantity of available space. To this end, the Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retardation constructed a study to recommend the requested
timetable by creating a data base for ongoing management of the Department's capital
holdings. |
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