Hooker Odom: More accountability needed
Friday, September 28th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on September 27, 2007 - 2:20pm.
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Carmen Hooker Odom said the state’s mental health reform needs a reform of its own.
In a half-hour documentary on WRAL Wednesday night, she said that local mental health offices need to be more accountable to the state.
In particular, Hooker Odom noted that the state did not have any authority over the Albemarle Mental Health Center, which paid its head $319,000 a year. (more…)
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