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Legal Aid director warns proposed competency-restoration bill raises constitutional risks
Summary
Jack McCullough, director of the Mental Health Law Project at Legal Aid, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that a proposed bill on involuntary hospitalization and competency restoration could shift the government's burden of proof, duplicate existing treatment, and lead to costly, high-security facilities; he urged sustained funding for community services instead.
Jack McCullough, director of the Mental Health Law Project at Legal Aid, testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that a proposed bill addressing involuntary hospitalization and competency restoration contains serious constitutional problems and is not the right solution to the state’s mental-health needs.
"The best thing that the legislature could do to address all the problems of the mental health system is to substantially and sustainably increase the resources," McCullough said, arguing that…
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