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Senate advances forensic‑facility bill with added clinical safeguards and reporting requirements
Summary
S.193 would require the Department of Corrections to establish a forensic facility for competency restoration and certain NGRI cases; floor amendments added clinical staffing, 72‑hour evaluation and interim reporting requirements and the Senate ordered third reading.
The Vermont Senate advanced S.193, a comprehensive bill to create a forensic facility model for competency restoration and care of certain criminal‑justice‑involved persons, and adopted a suite of floor amendments that add clinical standards, staffing and reporting requirements.
Senator Hashim, reporting for the Judiciary Committee, described S.193 as narrowly tailored: it would provide competency restoration services inside locked secure facilities when a court finds defendants not competent to stand trial, to persons charged with serious offenses, or to those found not guilty by reason of insanity when the court determines release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury. The reporter emphasized the bill does not require constructing new buildings; it contemplates using secured…
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