State Report: Mentally Ill Live in Filthy Group Homes

Some of this we’ve heard before, but a newly released state audit shows that Nevada’s most vulnerable mentally ill residents are living in taxpayer-funded homes, in filthy conditions. Assemblyman Jim Wheeler says he will push for criminal charges against providers. He says he wouldn’t let his dog live in the conditions that the mentally ill residents were in. Division of Public and Behavioral Health administrator Amy Roukie says there are “no excuses.” She says a deputy administrator in her division was replaced as a result of the report and her team is working to get all the group homes certified.