Nevada Proposes 24-Hour Mental Health Center

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates Nevada health officials are seeking to bolster psychiatric services for troubled people who might otherwise tax the resources of emergency rooms and prisons, by proposing a 24-hour urgent care center in Las Vegas for the mentally ill. The $7.5 million plan would include a program to divert those suffering from mental health problems from jails lacking adequate care, in the hopes of reducing a cycle of incarceration. The funding proposal was submitted to the governor's office as an "item of special consideration" outside the Mental Health Division's basic $294 million . . .