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Senate Health & Welfare reviews amendment to create secure forensic facility
Summary
Committee reviewed a Katie McGlen amendment to S.193 that would require the Department of Corrections to establish a locked, therapeutic forensic facility, add interim and annual reports, and set phased effective dates; DMH urged flexibility given the small caseload.
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee on March 17 examined an amendment to the miscellaneous judiciary bill (S.193) that would require the commissioner of corrections to establish and operate a locked, secure forensic facility to provide evaluation, treatment and competency restoration services for persons transferred under state statutes.
Legislative counsel Katie McGlen, who introduced the amendment language, said the change replaces an existing subsection and lays out design, staffing and clinical expectations for such a facility. She told the committee the draft “strikes out the subsection b… and puts in this new subsection b” to define a facility with a separate entry and dedicated staff and that it is to be “designed and operated in a manner that supports a therapeutic recovery oriented and trauma informed environment.”
The amendment would also add an interim report due Oct. 1 requiring draft rules, a facility timeline, space and staffing…
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