by Sahar Chmais 

Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra is laying down the groundwork for constructing a a mental health hospital in  Hays County. 

Securing a mental health hospital within the county has been a project on Becerra’s priority list for a while, but after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, those plans were derailed. Becerra has been gathering information from field experts for several months to get the project started.  

“A mental health hospital would support our health care system,...