Even as Guilford County’s mental health authority braces for another round of deep cuts from Raleigh, the local agency sent more than $3.2 million in state funds back for the year ending June 30, and sent $4.6 million back the previous year.
Why? Under mental health reform, administrators say, the doling out of contracts to private health care companies has become so cumbersome, and eligibility rules for consumers so strict , that it is difficult to use up the money.Even as Guilford County’s mental health authority braces for another round of deep cuts from Raleigh, the local agency sent more than $3.2 million in state funds back for the year ending June 30, and sent $4.6 million back the previous year.
Why? Under mental health reform, administrators say, the doling out of contracts to private health care companies has become so cumbersome, and eligibility rules for consumers so strict , that it is difficult to use up the money.
