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Jasmine Crockett: “The backlog was actually close to two years at the time for…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

Texas Representative Discusses Education Department Closure and Political Challenges

Published March 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 25:24

They needed to go to state hospitals, things like that. Like, I knew what the backlog was. The backlog was actually close to two years at the time for somebody to be able to get into a bed so that we could try to make them competent. And so we were able to work down at the Texas Legislature, and we were able to get funding to make sure that UT Southwestern could expand and get us … (25:24–25:32)

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Asserts that there was a two-year backlog for mental health beds in Texas for those deemed incompetent to stand trial.

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