Youngkin wants major new funding for mental health services
Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. — Virginia needs a major new investment in funding for behavioral health care services, Republican Gov. That proposed allocation, combined with funding previously earmarked in the last budgeting cycle, would bring total spending on behavioral health care to over $660 million in the next fiscal year, the governor’s office said. Elizabeth Hilscher, who chairs the state board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and whose daughter was among the 32 killed in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, said she was heartened to see a governor make mental health a top priority. State officials across the partisan divide have long acknowledged improvements are needed in Virginia’s system for delivering mental health and substance abuse services. Democratic Sen. Creigh Deeds, who chairs the state’s Behavioral Health Commission and has been a leading advocate on mental health issues, said in a statement that he appreciated the governor’s attention to the issue.
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