DHHS briefs Council on Children’s Behavioral Health settlement implementation with DOJ

Nov 12, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services staff described steps now underway to implement the Children’s Behavioral Health settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and answered Council questions about the implementation timeline.

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Representatives from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services — Kristen McAuley, Karen Sax McLoughlin and Dean Bugaj — briefed the Council on the process they are using to implement provisions of the Children’s Behavioral Health settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The presenters "gave a presentation of the process now being worked on outlined in the agreement with the DOJ," and provided a link to the settlement agreement for member review.

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