HAGEDORN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL TO STAY OPEN

After months of worry for patients and their families, a state budget compromise was reached today that will keep Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Lebanon Township open for at least another year. State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex) called the compomise the best possible outcome for Hagedorn’s patients and a testament to the “excellent level of services provided at the hospital.”

Codey, a former governor and longtime advocate for mental health reform, co-sponsored the bill to preserve Hagedorn with state Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Warren). The agreement also calls for creating a task force to look into long-term needs for in-patient psychiatric beds before closing a state hospital.

Read more:
http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/06/praise_for_budget_deal_that_ke.html

Learn more about the task force:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S2500/2069_I1.HTM

Items restored under NJ budget compromise:
http://www.app.com/article/20100621/NEWS03/100621102/Items-restored-under-NJ-budget-compromise

WRITE TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION

Thank you for you support for the thousands of people and their families in New Jersey who live with a mental illness on a daily basis.

Senator Michael J. Doherty http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=206
Senator Richard J. Codey http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=82
Governor Chris Christie http://www.state.nj.us/governor/contact/

  
  

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