State Law Names TGH Behavioral Health Hospital One of First Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals in Florida
TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and University of South Florida (USF) celebrated today a new state law that names the TGH Behavioral Health Hospital one of the first four behavioral health teaching hospitals in the state of Florida and creates the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce within the University of South Florida's Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI).
- The TGH Behavioral Health Hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that will serve as one of the first and only freestanding academic medical behavioral health hospitals in Florida.
- "Now, with Senate Bill 330 signed into law, the TGH Behavioral Health Hospital is one of the state's first behavioral health teaching hospitals, where patients needing behavioral health services will have access to academic-based, world-class care.
- The bill, signed by the Governor into law, names Tampa General, in partnership with USF Health, as the first of just four behavioral health teaching hospitals in the state.
- In collaboration with the state, universities and private organizations, behavioral health teaching hospitals will also provide leading-edge education and training to strengthen Florida's behavioral health workforce.