HJR 105 Summary

• Urges the State Department of Mental Health to keep the W.D. Partlow Developmental Center open as an essential function of state government.

• W.D. Partlow Developmental Center, founded in 1919, is the only residential facility in Alabama for people with intellectual disabilities.

• The center currently houses 151 residents with special needs requiring high-level specialized care and employs 484 staff members including nurses, doctors, dentists, therapists, psychologists, and social workers.

• Section 22-50-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975 designates Partlow State Hospital as an essential state function with funds that cannot be subject to General Fund proration during budget deficits.