by admin | Apr 12, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court has ruled in the case of a convicted sex offender who has been in the custody of the State Mental Health Department since June of 2000. Wilbur Schottel’s public defender, Emmett Queener, says his client had initially stipulated he was a...
by admin | Feb 23, 2005 | Politics / Govt
The State Mental Health Department has been sued by Jackson County’s Public Administrator, who questions whether the state is spending enough on mental health. Governor Matt Blunt has proposed $56-Million in cuts. A judge already has ordered the state to extend...
by admin | Feb 1, 2005 | News
Advocates for the mentally ill have been pleading with a subcommittee of the House not to go through with the more than $50-Million in cuts to the Department of Mental Health being proposed by Governor Matt Blunt. Some grow emotional during testimony before lawmakers,...
by admin | Jan 13, 2005 | Politics / Govt
The State Mental Health Department is touting the success of a program that improves services to those with mental illnesses, while saving Medicaid dollars. The Missouri Mental Health Medicaid Pharmacy Partnership Program evaluates Medicaid mental health prescribing...
by admin | Aug 30, 2004 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
An injustice in Missouri’s mental health system has been ended by a new law that has gone into effect. Here’s the scenario: you are the parents of a mentally-retarded child. But after years of caring for this child, your financial and emotional resources...