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 another state hospital right here in actually, Texas 100, which was my House district, which is also in Texas 30. So we worked in a bipartisan way. We were able to get that done. But I can tell you that I don't ever anticipate we will ever have the needs when it comes to mental health. (25:36–25:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that funding was secured for UT Southwestern to expand and build another state hospital in Texas 100.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
