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A disagreement between Carolinas HealthCare System and Mecklenburg County is headed to the state legislature Monday. CHS is trying to build a 44-bed psychiatric hospital in Huntersville. To do that it needs county approval. But County Manager Harry Jones says the hospital chain hasn't made the case that more psychiatric beds are needed. The disagreement hit a climax on Friday. Jones sent a strongly-worded letter to Carolinas Healthcare System CEO Michael Tarwater telling him CHS had breached its contract with the county. He says CHS is not providing financial information about the CMC-Randolph psychiatric facility which the county owns and the company operates. Until that changes, Jones says the county will stop payments. CHS spokeswoman Gail Rosenberg called the claim "completely without merit." But Jones reserved his harshest language for a development he says he found out about only last Wednesday. A bill up for a Senate vote this evening would allow CHS to bypass county approval of the psychiatric hospital. In the letter, Jones says the only conclusion he can draw is that the company hoped to get the legislation passed by "sneaking it through unnoticed by the County." The bill was drafted in mid-April. CHS spokeswoman Gail Rosenberg says it isn't the company's role to notify the county of legislation. Besides, she says CHS didn't want to waste time. "There is an urgent need for additional bed space for behavioral health patients in this community," says Rosenberg. "We don't want to risk further delay and, therefore, we examined and looked for other mechanisms to move the process forward." Jones is in Raleigh tonight to try to persuade lawmakers not to pass the bill. The county pays CHS about $60 million each year to subsidize indigent care services and to run the CMC-Randolph facility. Jones has recommended eliminating all indigent care payments next year which amount to $16 million.