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Metrocare's Crisis and Dallas' Mental Health Future | Texas News
Dallas County’s largest behavioral health provider, Metrocare, faces a $7 million deficit and needs $14 million just to stay open—threatening thousands of vulnerable clients. A potential solution? Parkland Health could take over Metrocare’s finances and operations, merging services to strengthen mental health care across the county. But there’s a split: Commissioner John Wiley Price insists Metrocare must shrink its scope, focusing only on intellectual disabilities, while Judge Clay Jenkins sees a powerful partnership with Parkland that could transform care for 55,000 patients and expand…
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