AUSTIN, Texas — The vote to move forward with a new mental health diversion center in Travis County has been delayed.
Travis County commissioners were supposed to discuss the issue at the March 7 meeting. That has now been moved to their March 21 meeting.
If passed, a resolution would direct County staff to find funding and a location for the center.
County and mental health experts want a diversion center so that those accused of low-level crimes can get emergency psychiatric treatment instead of going to jail.
The KVUE Defenders took an in-depth look at the issue last month.