Jan 2, 2019
Disability Law Colorado rececently received a lot of press coverage focused on the Colorado Department of Human Services' decision to freeze admission to psychiatric hospitals for patients who are not in the criminal justice system. Below are links to the press coverage:
- https://www.chieftain.com/news/20181231/oversight-of-pueblo-state-hospital-to-begin
- https://gazette.com/news/admissions-freeze-means-most-state-run-psychiatric-beds-will-go/article_f5a64c98-0a1b-11e9-b1dd-dfe7be100d1b.html
- https://www.cpr.org/2018/12/21/officials-to-halt-admissions-to-state-run-mental-health-hospitals-except-for-those-in-jail/
- https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/state-freezes-admission-to-psychiatric-hospitals-for-patients-who-are-not-in-the-criminal-justice-system/73-f4e9a5b3-1fc3-43a4-bc58-277b8c1bb6cd?fbclid=IwAR1kw7jNjqW0_mSlX8nTF4jEpwRhJ37pnyNcFz0tek3XnnUOqaXHFhBVVFY