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Committee urges feasibility plan and keeps DOC custody off the table for proposed forensic facility
Summary
Lawmakers on the House Corrections & Institutions Committee pressed for a feasibility study and a detailed operational plan from the administration on S.193 (forensic facility) and said any forensic facility should not be under Department of Corrections custody; members debated scope, population and Medicaid/funding implications.
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee spent the second half of its April 23 meeting on S.193, a proposal to establish a forensic facility and address statewide competency restoration. Committee members pressed for a concrete feasibility study and asked the Agency of Human Services to return with an operational plan by next January.
Katie McGladden of the Office of Legislative Council presented a checklist of issues for lawmakers to consider — including the population to be served, whether the facility would be on DOC grounds or separate, who would operate it, whether competency restoration would be provided, and how out‑of‑state…
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