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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 & Location
Ruffin Building - 6th Floor Conference Room
100 N. Broadway, Suite 630
Wichita, KS 67202
- October 9, 2023
- November 6, 2023
Advisory Panel Meeting Agendas & Video Recordings
October 9, 2023
South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital Advisory Panel Meeting 10.9.2023
November 6, 2023
South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital Advisory Panel Meeting 11.06.23