Claim: American Republican Randolph Townsend served in the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in 2002 and introduced the Nevada Mental Health Plan Implementation Commission in 2003, to which he was elected chairman.
Evidence: Randolph Townsend (born January 24, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Republican Party politician from Nevada. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Townsend to the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. In 2003, he introduced a bill creating the Nevada Mental Health Plan Implementation Commission and was elected its chairman. He also chaired the Nevada Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Issues.