Trial set in federal suit over mental health in Mississippi – WREG NewsChannel 3

Trial set in federal suit over mental health in Mississippi  WREG NewsChannel 3

JACKSON, Miss. — The federal government’s effort to force Mississippi to change its mental health care system is going to trial Tuesday. The federal government sued Mississippi in 2016 for relying too much on sending people to psychiatric hospitals and other institutions for treatment. Under federal law and court decisions, states are supposed to provide care in the least restrictive setting possible, helping people live at home and not in state mental hospitals or private institutions. The state says its system is legal and that changes the federal government seeks overstep the authority o…

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