MADISON (WKBT) — The Wisconsin State Assembly this week signaled support for a Senate bill aiming to improve mental health facilities.
Bill co-sponsor Clint Moses (R-Menomonie) said Thursday that currently, western Wisconsinites experiencing an urgent mental health crisis are driven five hours one way to a main observation facility in Oshkosh.
The new bill would create five regional crisis care and observation facilities, according to Moses.
He told the Assembly more DHS certified facilities will improve care for those going through the worst day of their life.
“Ensures individuals have nearby resources, and currently, it’s about a 10-hour roundtrip for someone from my part of the state. Police officers have to take the people suffering obviously from mental health, usually handcuffed in the back of a squad, for help,” Moses said.
The Assembly voted to concur in the bill unanimously.
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