Committee orders feasibility plan for forensic competency facility, splits emerge over DOC role

May 14, 2026

The Corrections & Institutions committee directed the Agency of Human Services to return a feasibility plan by June 26 for a forensic competency‑restoration facility, while members disagreed over whether the Department of Corrections should provide security or clinical services and how to fund interim programming.

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The Corrections & Institutions committee on May 13 instructed the Agency of Human Services to produce a feasibility plan for a forensic competency‑restoration facility and set a June 26 deadline for that plan, but lawmakers remained sharply divided over whether the Department of Corrections should be involved in operating or staffing the site.

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