Samaritan, Claxton-Hepburn to receive psych inpatient funding from the state

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) -Both Samaritan Medical Center and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center will receive state funding to help expand psychiatric inpatient care facilities.

In an announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul’s officea total of $30 million in state funding was awarded to nine community-based hospitals to add 109 new inpatient psychiatric beds statewide. Administered by the State Office of Mental Health, these awards can be used to cover design, property acquisition, and construction costs associated with adding new inpatient beds, which is among the priorities included in Governor Hochul’s landmark $1 billion plan to strengthen New York’s mental health system.

Samaritan will receive $780,338 to add five beds for adults while Claxton-Hepburn will get $5 million, which will add10 beds for youth.

These awards will provide critical capital for projects that will add new inpatient beds for psychiatric care at community-based hospitals across the state, which will help to ensure all individuals living with serious mental illness or in crisis can access the care they need to recover.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul

New York City-based hospitals will receive five awards totaling $19.1 million and upstate facilities will receive four awards totaling $11.7 million.

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