Bill to merge mental health boards fails in House committee

Legislation that would merge four state boards into a newly created Arkansas State Board of Mental Health Professionals failed to clear the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, after about a dozen people testified against the bill.

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