Austin rally protests proposed state cuts in community-based health care

AUSTIN – Proposed cuts in community-based care for the elderly, the disabled and the mentally ill would increase wait times for services and eventually impose higher costs on the state and many counties, protesters warned Wednesday. Garrett reports: http://dallasne.ws/9xIYmr

Program for mentally ill offenders offers compassion in court

Nonviolent mentally ill defendants can now seek treatment to regain competency – the ability to help their attorneys with their defense – on an outpatient basis instead of waiting four to six months in the Dallas County Jail for a bed at a state hospital where they are stabilized enough to assist in their cases.
Jennifer Emily reports.