Texas moves on private psychiatric, rehab hospital abuse

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The Texas Legislature is investigating financial and patient abuse at private psychiatric hospitals and rehabilitation centers where head injuries are treated. Complaints include low quality care, unethical marketing tactics and expensive treatments. National Medical Enterprises Inc is a primary target of the investigation because of complaints against several of its psychiatric facilities. The legislature is proposing criminal and civil penalties against abusive hospitals.

Specialty hospitals exc. psychiatric, Residential care, Legislative bodies, Investigations, Social policy, Rehabilitation centers, Texas. Legislature, National Medical Enterprises Inc., NME

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Wyo. limited licensure law declared unconsitutional

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The Wyoming Supreme Court rejected a part of the Mental Health Professions Practice Act as amended in 1993, that required 3,000 hours of clinical experience in nonprofit or government settings. Three individuals who sought the same experience in for-profit facilities, plus a private professional corporation, charged discrimination. The Court rejected claims by the state Mental Health Professions Licensing Board that quality control justified the discrimination.

Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Administration of Public Health Programs, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals, Mental Health Care, Professional Standards Review Orgztns, Public Mental Health Facilities, Cases, Mental health services, Licensing agreements, Mental health policy, Psychiatric personnel, Mental health personnel, Wyoming, Professional standards review organizations (Medicine), Wyoming. Mental Health Professions Licensing Board

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