About the Project

The State of Kansas and Sedgwick County are constructing a 104-bed mental health hospital in Sedgwick County.  This hospital will be a secure place for adults in a mental health crisis or needing competency services to stand trial. 

For more information, visit the South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital website and Sedgwick County’s website.

Advisory Panel

Governor Laura Kelly signed Executive Order No. 23-05 in August 2023 to "Establish an Advisory Panel for Planning, Design, and Construction of a Regional Psychiatric Hospital in South Central Kansas" as recommended by the 2022 Kansas Legislature's Special Committee on Mental Health Beds directed to:

• Review the need for inpatient psychiatric hospital beds and develop a long-term plan to address mental health needs;
• Review the regional bed expansion plan and how the beds would be constructed;
• Review best practices for providing the operation and oversight of the expanded beds;
• Review the long-term fiscal impact of the additional beds; and
• Study and develop a plan for providing a 50-bed facility with acute inpatient psychiatric beds and adult forensic beds in the Sedgwick County regional area.

Advisory Panel Meeting Dates & Locations

• October 9, 2023
• November 6, 2023
• November 17, 2023 (Special)
• December 11, 2023
• December 18, 2023
• January 8, 2024
• February 23, 2024
• March 22, 2024
• May 17, 2024
• June 21, 2024
• August 16, 2024
• September 20, 2024

Advisory Panel Subpanels on Law Enforcement and Workforce Development

• April 12 (both Subpanels)
• April 25 (Law Enforcement)
• April 26 (Workforce Development)

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Advisory Panel Meeting Agendas & Video Recordings

The video links will direct you to the KDADS YouTube channel.

Town Hall Meetings in Conjunction with Sedgwick County

These video links will direct you to the KDADS YouTube channel.

• December 12, 2023
• February 26, 2024
• August 1, 2024