Vermont House approves bill to create forensic facility, agrees interim DOC role with sunset
The House approved Senate Bill 193 to establish a forensic facility and competency-restoration program, adopting amendments that authorize a temporary Department of Corrections role and emergency rulemaking for an interim program, with sunsets when a permanent facility opens.
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The Vermont House on May 26 passed Senate Bill 193, which would require the Agency of Human Services to establish a forensic facility to provide competency restoration, evaluation, stabilization and treatment for certain criminal-justice-involved individuals. Members approved amendments to create an interim competency restoration program and to permit Department of Corrections involvement temporarily, with those interim provisions scheduled to sunset when a permanent facility becomes operational.
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