Institution Faces Closure After Resident's Strangulation Death
Decater, AL, May 30, 2002 -- The Alabama Medicaid Agency announced last week that the Lurleen B. Wallace Developmental Center will lose its Medicaid funding on June 20. The institution, which houses 117 people with mental retardation and employs nearly 400 workers, relies on Medicaid for $12 million of its $18 million annual budget.