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Pennsylvania Senate Majority Examines Mental Health Care ‘Policy Nightmare'

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Examines Mental Health Care ‘Policy Nightmare'

Update: 2025-08-09
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(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania is stuck in what seems to be an ever-deepening mental health care crisis, exacerbated by staffing shortages across the industry. To address it, two senators held a meeting of the chamber's Majority Policy Committee in Danville on Tuesday, inviting more than a dozen experts to participate in a roundtable on the subject. Sens. Dave Argall, R-Mahanoy City, and Lynda Schlegel Culver, R-Shamokin Dam, heard testimony from mental health care providers, prison wardens, and even a state Supreme Court Justice advocating for legislative action to support families living with mental illness.

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Pennsylvania Senate Majority Examines Mental Health Care ‘Policy Nightmare'

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Examines Mental Health Care ‘Policy Nightmare'

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