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KDADS Secretary Pushing for State Hospital Privatization

By Kansas News Service
Published August 15, 2017 at 3:59 PM CDT
Tim Keck, secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, will outline a privatization plan for Osawatomie State Hospital at a Tuesday afternoon meeting in the state-run psychiatric hospital's administration building. (Photo from the Kansas News Service)
Tim Keck, secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, will outline a privatization plan for Osawatomie State Hospital at a Tuesday afternoon meeting in the state-run psychiatric hospital's administration building. (Photo from the Kansas News Service)

The head of a the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is stepping up his effort to privatize the aging Osawatomie State Hospital. Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service has more.  

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