CATAWBA, Va. – Catawba Hospital is one step closer to being turned into a multi-million-dollar addiction recovery center.
The bill is sponsored by Delegate Sam Rasoul of Roanoke.
The bill just passed in a House of Delegate subcommittee and is onto the next step, appropriations.
That’s when the bill will receive funding. Rasoul is hoping to receive $147 million for the proposal, or at least part of it.
He says his vision is to transform the state hospital to treat both mental health and addiction recovery.
“Imagining this large campus in Catawba several hundred acres, why not have it offer everything from acute care, residential treatment, out-patient services, and a true recovery campus,” said Rasoul.
According to a state study, nearly half of the patients in state psychiatric hospitals like Catawba are also being treated for substance use disorder.