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Committee questions rising competency-restoration costs, approves $500,000 transfer
Summary
Warren County Health Services Committee discussed rising costs for competency restoration under CPL 730, heard concerns about lack of local control and transparency, and approved a $500,000 transfer from fund balance to cover expected expenses for the year.
Warren County Health Services Committee members on Thursday discussed mounting costs tied to competency-to-stand-trial proceedings under CPL 730 and approved a request to transfer $500,000 from the county’s fund balance to cover the remainder of the year’s expenses. Rob presented the quarterly CPL 730 competency expenses report and said the county is approaching its annual budget for those costs.
The discussion matters because counties in New York now pay the full facility cost for restoration stays that are ordered under CPL 730, and committee members said they have limited ability to control how long people remain in state restoration facilities. Rob told the committee the department paid about $304,077 in the first quarter and roughly $219,531 in the…
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