Texas Spending $1.5B on 7 Psychiatric Hospitals

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will build seven psychiatric hospitals throughout the state. State lawmakers approved $1.5 billion for the centers last year.

The projects receiving funding are in various stages of planning and design. HHSC expects to start construction on several in late 2024.

Terrell State Hospital has the largest budget, totaling $573 million. The hospital will replace the existing 139-year-old facility, which currently does not have the space or capability to meet patients’ needs. The replacement hospital will have 250 beds and will include therapeutic spaces, separate spaces for adult and minor patients and upgraded maximum-security measures to protect patients.

The North Texas State Hospital in Wichita Falls (photo) will cost $452 million to build. The 200-bed facility will feature 24 maximum-security, 136 non-maximum-security, 24 adolescent and 16 civil beds. Others will follow in Amarillo, Lubbock, Harlingen and El Paso.

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