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Federal judge: Texas state hospital waitlist unconstitutional
A federal district court in Texas ruled that the state's system of requiring mentally incompetent individuals to wait in jail for mental health treatment at state hospitals violates their constitutional rights. The decision follows a decade-long court battle.
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