JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state plans to close a mental health hospital in Nevada by 2012 in response to budget problems.
The Missouri Department of Mental Health announced on Wednesday that it will close the Nevada Habilitation Center by 2012.
Sixty of the center’s 90 patients will be moved to group homes in southwest Missouri. The remaining 30 patients will be transferred to other, larger facilities in the state.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that closing the hospital will eliminate about 50 jobs.
Mental Health department spokesman Bob Bax says the exact amount of money the state will save by closing the hospital was not available.
