1965 Medicaid and Medicare is passed people living at home are eligible for benefits those in hospitals are not states start releasing patients to reduce costs shift it to Federal Govt
1967 Reagan cuts 2600 jobs and 10% of the Dept Mental Hygiene in CA. There are 22000 patients in institutions.
1967 Reagan signs LPS Act patient care outside hospitals is underfunded and woefully inadequate.
1973 Paitients in CA mental hospitals has dropped to 7000
1975 Supreme Court rules on O' Connor v Donaldson
1980 Carter signs Mental Health Systems Act to help states financially return some responsibility to Federal Govt
1981 Reagan repeals most of the MHSA in favor of block Grant's federal funding of mental health goes down
2004 DoJ estimates 10% of state prisoners meet criteria for psychotic disorder
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1967 Reagan cuts 2600 jobs and 10% of the Dept Mental Hygiene in CA. There are 22000 patients in institutions.
1967 Reagan signs LPS Act patient care outside hospitals is underfunded and woefully inadequate.
1973 Paitients in CA mental hospitals has dropped to 7000
1975 Supreme Court rules on O' Connor v Donaldson
1980 Carter signs Mental Health Systems Act to help states financially return some responsibility to Federal Govt
1981 Reagan repeals most of the MHSA in favor of block Grant's federal funding of mental health goes down
2004 DoJ estimates 10% of state prisoners meet criteria for psychotic disorder
History