(Newport News, Va. (AP) — Governor Terry McAuliffe is proposing a multi-million-dollar effort to move dozens of people out of state mental hospitals.

McAuliffe’s final budget proposes boosting funding for discharge planning by $6.9 million for 80 to 90 people who are on state hospitals’ extraordinary barriers lists.

Another $4.8 million would go to community mental health services intended to help people leave the hospitals.

His budget will include funding to ensure same-day access to mental health screenings at Community Services Boards, with $11.8 million of state funds and $6.4 million from the joint federal-state Medicaid program. More than $11 million would pay for primary medical care screening at Community Services Boards.

Additionally, the budget contains $2.9 million to setup specialized units to treat inmates with serious mental illnesses at several correctional centers.

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