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Vermont Senate Concedes House Changes, Preserves Goal of Secure Forensic Care in S.192
Summary
The Senate concurred with the House amendment to S.192 while adopting a further Senate amendment to preserve language directing agencies to study and plan secure residential options for people found incompetent to stand trial or adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity.
The Vermont Senate on the final morning of its session agreed to concur with the House proposal of amendment to S.192, an act addressing admissions criteria and processes for forensic facilities, while adopting a further amendment from Senate Health and Welfare.
Senator from Chittenden Southeast, who presented the amendment on the floor, said the bill as the Senate passed it was “very much about finding a secure forensic facility for the care of people who have been accused of crimes, who are incompetent to stand trial, who have a mental illness or intellectual disability.” The senator asked the full Senate to support a proposal that restores reference to a possible secure forensic…
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