"The state has the license authority and inspection authority for facilities like these," said Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis. "Since you have both mental health and the department of health services and licenses you have both of them one for programs dealing with the mentally ill and the other one for the facility itself," said Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis. Dougherty also said the facility was up to date on inspections by both departments.
At the top of the list was the legislature's senior member, St. Louis City's Pat Dougherty. After 28 years in the General Assembly, he's forced out by term limits.
"We've got a lot of ground to make up for the cuts to Medicaid that were made last year," said Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis, speaking to the applauding crowd.
While he said he also had problems with lifting the contribution limits, Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City, said he voted against the bill because the provision barring fundraising during the legislative session.
One of those who voted the bill down was St. Louis area Senator Pat Dougherty, who says there are a number of good points to the bill but can be unfair for those challenging an incumbent in an election.