Committee flags contract-nursing shortfalls at Larner State Hospital, calls for study of high-cost program
Senators warned that contract nursing costs and staffing vacancies at Larner State Hospital are unsustainable; subcommittee added partial funding and proposed a two‑day interim study of the state’s predator treatment program after citing per-person annual costs of roughly $200,000.
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Senator Owens told the committee that Larner State Hospital requested substantial contract nursing funding; the special committee originally requested $32.2 million, but the subcommittee added $32.2 million in FY26 and only a $10 million FY27 enhancement to allow verification of hiring and other reforms.
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