Sacramento County Supervisors Look To Improve Mental Health Care in Region
On Tuesday, Sacramento County supervisors are expected to consider a plan to reduce the unnecessary use of emergency departments for mental health issues. Under the plan, the county would seek $5.7 million in grant funding to open three new 15-bed crisis stabilization units and to boost payments to three area psychiatric hospitals by $4.2 million.
- "Sacramento County Looks To Boost Mental Health Crisis Care" (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 3/20).
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