Utah's state hospital forensic unit runs full as lawmakers weigh adding beds
KUER reported that to cope with overflow the hospital had moved some forensic patients into civil beds, a practice that can squeeze community providers. The legislature was considering about half of the requested amount, enough for roughly 12 beds.
The settlement of the Disability Law Center suit required waits of no more than 60 days by March 2018, with a two-week limit due later. Mobile psychiatric teams in jails and a 22-bed unit at the Salt Lake County Jail had helped, and the hospital said about ten people were on its waitlist.
Source: Pressure Is On Utah To Free Up More Psychiatric Beds — KUER 90.1, by Whittney Evans
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