Kan. Commission Considers Closing State Mental Health Facilities

KCUR | By Stephen Koranda

Published September 29, 2009 at 1:19 AM CDT

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Topeka, KS – A Kansas commission is looking at possibly closing one or both of the state's two institutions for the mentally and developmentally disabled. Yesterday at the statehouse, the commission heard comments from those who might be affected. KPR Statehouse Reporter Stephen Koranda has more.

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