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Committee moves to require January feasibility plan for standalone forensic facility, insists it not be operated by DOC
Summary
The Senate Institutions Committee reviewed and refined language that would require the secretary of human services to deliver a January feasibility plan for a therapeutic, trauma‑informed forensic facility separate from correctional operations, specifying location, bed counts, clinical services and security arrangements.
The Senate Institutions Committee on Tuesday reviewed a draft amendment that would require the secretary of human services to submit, by January, a feasibility plan for developing and operating a therapeutic forensic facility separate from the Department of Corrections.
The plan language read into the record by Katie McVin of the Office of Legislative Council requires the document to address proposed locations (a standalone site or on DOC grounds but separated by sight and sound), proposed designs that allow clinical separation by need, the number of beds, the entity or entities responsible for operations (explicitly not the Department of Corrections), timelines for constructing or fitting a facility, estimated costs, staffing and clinical services including competency restoration, and…
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