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Committee backs priority‑admissions plan for DCT, urges capacity and community investments
Summary
Senate File 2902, reflecting recommendations from the priority admissions task force on competency restoration and Direct Care & Treatment (DCT) admissions, was recommended to pass and referred to the State and Local Government Committee. The bill extends certain exceptions, supports community capacity investments and asks for ongoing monitoring.
A bipartisan package of recommendations aimed at reducing the number of people with serious mental illness waiting in jails and community hospitals for Direct Care & Treatment (DCT) admission was recommended to pass by the Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee and referred to the State and Local Government Committee.
Sue Aberholden, executive director of NAMI Minnesota and a member of the priority admissions task force, urged the committee to adopt the task force’s report and its multi‑pronged recommendations. The panel’s…
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