Metro Council Calls For Study Concerning Placement Of Mental Hospitals

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The Baton Rouge Metro Council is calling for a study of a resolution to keep mental hospitals away from neighborhoods and schools.

Councilman Darryl Hurst proposed the resolution that would keep psychiatric hospitals at least a mile from a neighborhood and two miles from a school.

After considerable debate involving community members on Wednesday, council members removed the item from consideration.

The council approved a study to make sure Hurst's resolution is legal and to follow through from there.

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