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The Kansas legislative session is already underway in Topeka. On this week's Statehouse Blend, we discuss the most important issues for the 2016…
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People in a mental health crisis who are a danger to themselves or others sometimes have to wait days for a bed to open at Osawatomie State Hospital,…
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Some mental health advocates in Kansas see a silver lining in Osawatomie State Hospital losing its Medicare payments: a chance to redesign a system they…
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State officials have not decided whether to seek federal recertification of the Osawatomie State Hospital for Kansans with mental illness.The Centers for…
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Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles previewing health-related issues that the Kansas Legislature will face in its upcoming 2016…
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The reported rape of an employee at Osawatomie State Hospital in October exposed security concerns that federal officials cited when they decided last…
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Several advocates for people with mental illness on Wednesday panned a proposal that would allow treatment facilities to hold people in crisis situations…
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An informal coalition of Kansas mental health advocates is close to proposing legislation that could prevent hundreds of people with serious mental…
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State officials have decided to ask members of a committee charged with critiquing the state’s behavioral health system to continue meeting.“We don’t want…
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The filing of a murder charge against a former patient at the Osawatomie State Hospital is prompting questions about the state’s mental health system.On…
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A state official on Wednesday announced that Osawatomie State Hospital has stopped admitting patients.Addressing a meeting in Topeka of the Kansas Mental…
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The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services on Thursday outlined a plan to limit the number of patients admitted to the state mental hospital…