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Health & Wellness Edition 2026
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100-bed addition planned at Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment facility
Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment Facility
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Construction is underway—and o cials expect it to wrap in December—on an expansion at the Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment Facility in Conroe that will add 100 inpatient beds and increase the capacity for competency-resto- ration treatment. The project is funded from part of a $50 million grant awarded in 2023 courtesy of the Texas Health and Human Services Mental Health Inpa- tient Facility Grant Program. The overview O cials and community leaders broke ground Aug. 18 on an addition that will expand the facility, which currently operates 100 beds, to 200 beds, according to Recovery Solutions, the behavioral health provider that manages the hospital through a public-private partnership with the county and
the state. The expansion project will focus on serving justice-involved individuals a court has found incompetent to stand trial, Recovery Solutions Hospital Administrator Je Rone said. The project’s contractor, Satter eld & Pon- tikes Construction, describes the work as a 51,085-square-foot expansion designed to accom- modate the new beds. The rm also said the added space will expand the hospital’s reach from about 3,300 patients from 79 counties to 4,300 patients from 140 counties. What’s next After the groundbreaking, Montgomery County Commissioners Court on Nov. 18 approved $117,500 for commissioning services, which is the process of testing and verifying new or renovated
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Project: The expansion will add 100 beds to the facility. Timeline: December (completion); February 2027 (patient phase-in begins) Funding source: Texas Health and Human Services Mental Health Inpatient Facility Grant Program
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building systems, with Smith Seckman Reid Inc. Services. Rone said the expansion should help people “get a hospital bed quicker than they have in the past.”
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