Senate advances forensic‑facility bill with added clinical safeguards and reporting requirements
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.
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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.
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