Pennsylvania York-Adams Mental Health Mental Retardation Joinder to Split

July 23, 2007 Pennsylvania York-Adams Mental Health Mental Retardation Joinder to Split On July 3, 2007, the York County, Pennsylvania, commissioners voted unanimously to withdraw from the York/Adams Mental Health-Mental Retardation (MHMR) and Drug and Alcohol board, which operated in a partnership called a joinder with Adams County to administer mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse treatment case management and rehabilitation services for people eligible for medical assistance. The counties had been in negotiations to preserve the 40-year old joint relationship, but the structure of the partnership had created confusion between the joinder board and . . .