The state plans to sell the hospital's 335-acre site. Preliminary estimates put the value of the property at $2 million.
Generally, money from such sales goes to the state's general fund.
But the Pittsburgh-based Consumer Health Coalition and other groups are asking western Pennsylvania lawmakers to lobby others to put the money in a fund that would benefit community mental health programs.
The groups made their pitch Wednesday night at a public meeting of the Mayview State Hospital Land Reuse Task Force.
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