As public debate intensifies over how the state will divvy up billions in new money, community groups that treat children for mental illness fear they’re not a priority.
directed more than $10 million to mental health efforts immediately following the shooting, including $5.8 million to expand telemedicine for children and $4.7 million to increase the use of a treatment program for at-risk youth.“For me, and for other members of the Legislature, this is one of the top priorities,” said state Rep., a Southlake Republican and chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
Agencies are limited by rules affecting how much they are allowed to increase their requests each year, and may also be hesitant to ask for too little too soon. Health care providers and advocates say it’s difficult to compete when so many other groups and agencies are already very public and specific about how they want taxpayer dollars spent.
On average, 28,000 children are treated through local mental health authorities in Texas each month, a number that has steadily increased as the state has added to their funding over the years, according to aBut even those budget increases are not keeping pace with the state’s rapid population growth and increase in demand, Jamison said.
Since 2019, much of the new dollars put toward mental health services for young people in the budget bills have gone to the creation and expansion of the, which has been given about $330 million in state and federal funding since the Legislature created it nearly four years ago.
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