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8 Apr 2016, 4:28 am
In fact, MHMR alleges that the software system provided could not even be tested successfully. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 12:33 am
The executive director of the Harris County MHMR Authority, Steven Schnee, has an effective op ed in the Houston Chronicle today declaring that the scope of mentally ill people in the Harris County jail foretells a coming crisis:The Harris County Jail is now the largest mental health facility in Texas. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 5:17 am
In September of 2010, the 3rd Court of Appeals (Austin) reversed the sexual assault conviction of Mark Barshaw because the trial court allowed the following testimony of an MHMR expert regarding the truthfulness of mentally retarded individuals: It's been my experience that folks with mental retardation can be painfully honest, really. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 4:45 am
I mean, it's like a little kid who looks at somebody and says in the supermarket, 'You're really old,' or, you know, whataver little kids do.That was part of the testimony of an MHMR expert at the sexual assault trial of Mark Barshaw. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 2:18 am
"If you wish to get involved, please contact:Joe LovelaceAssociate Director - Behavioral HealthTexas Council of Community MHMR CentersThat $82 million figure represents a phase-in of a larger program that will ultimately cost $222 million per biennium, according to a September report (pdf) by the Department of State Health Services. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 10:26 pm
The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) offered the estimates to the 79th Texas Legislature in this 2005 report (pdf):Overview of Matches Between Texas Offenders and Texas MHMR Service RecipientsProbation: 59,612 (15%)Prisons and state jails: 33,008 (22%)Parole: 12,332 (16%)TCJS offered these caveats to the data:Several issues are raised with this encounter data. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 8:27 am
Jackie Shannon, who is chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of MHMR Services in San Angelo, has a column today in the Standard-Times which opens with the question, "Would you be surprised to learn that the odds of a seriously mentally ill person being in jail or prison in Texas compared with being in a hospital are 7.8 to one? [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 2:11 pm
Finally, outside of family, utilize your community centers that were formerly known as MHMR. [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 11:39 am
Among those most prominent are:My Health My Resources (MHMR) of Tarrant County: MHMR is a prominent provider of mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disability services in Tarrant County. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 10:59 am
The Grayson County DA is on the board, as is the executive director of the Permian Basin MHMR from Midland, a district judge from Cameron County and a doctor from Beaumont.For some unexplained reason, Perry only appointed six members to the board, including the chair, but the Sunset bill says it should have seven. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 10:00 am
(Letter) ICFs/IID: DADS reissued this provider letter to replace references to the memorandum of understanding entitled “Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR), Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS), and Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (TDPRS) concerning Reportable Incidents in State Schools, State Centers, State Operated Community-based MHMR Services, and Community Mental health and Mental Retardation Centers with Intermediate… [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 4:30 am
Unlike most MHMR caseworkers, who handle about 200 to 250 cases a month, the new caseworkers will handle about 20 a monthMeanwhile, Galveston Judge Susan Criss, whose new blog recently got a nice review in The Galveston Daily News, describes that county's MHMR Jail Diversion Task Force. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 1:35 am
Reports the Globe News: "Those who are bipolar, schizophrenic or suffer from major depression are seen by MHMR at least once every 90 days through the telepsychiatry program. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 1:09 pm
Mentally ill people accused of crimes can wait many months for state hospital beds to open up, and local community MHMR centers don't provide competency restoration services. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 1:01 am
So they convinced the Lege to give money that otherwise would have gone to treat mentally ill people in jails for community based programming.Problem is, the Lege gave MHMR centers the money without mandating that they handle competency restoration cases. [read post]
1 Nov 2008, 8:03 am
Only Harris County MHMR - to their great credit - took it upon themselves to immediately begin providing competency restoration services. [read post]
18 Feb 2014, 7:16 am
Both hearings will take place in the Public Hearing Room, Room – A164, of the HHSC-MHMR Center Building, located at 909 West 45th Street, Austin. [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 1:02 am
But whatever she's able to accomplish won't stop the Harris Jail population from expanding in the near term, as evidenced by the county seeking more contract beds in Jefferson County (Beaumont).From my perspective, the two biggest drivers at the Harris County Jail of both overcrowding and cost are excessive pretrial detention and the evolution of the jail into the county's main mental health treatment facility, both of which will require more than "coordination" by a… [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 4:36 pm
“The whole thing is to shorten the length of stay they have and reduce recidivism,” said Cathy Pope, chief executive officer of Lubbock MHMR. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 2:41 am
A pending lawsuit could force the state to expand the number of state hospital beds available, but in the meantime it's a looming, extant problem.A corollary resolution for community MHMR centers: Develop additional juvenile services to divert mentally ill kids from the juvenile justice system. [read post]
