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State weighs closing hospitals as fiscal year nears
A closure group proposes shutting one hospital immediately and a second within five years with no specific targets. Landwehr says two could close together while insisting funding go to community services for disabled residents. Leaders stress protecting care, citing past hospital closures in Topeka and Winfield as models. Rainbow and KNI figures are noted with budget implications under Sebelius proposal.
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Landwehr
Jane Rhys
Kansas Council On Developmental Disabilities
Stephanie Wilson
Alliance For
Wilson
Rhys
Topeka
Winfield
SRS
Rainbow
Osawatomie State Hospital
Kathleen Sebelius
KNI
Sebelius