Last year, through Act 57, the General Assembly ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into the intersection of criminal justice and mental health in Vermont. The nature of mental health services in correctional settings comprised one area of concern. The legislation...
Counterpoint Winter 2018 • News • Page 4 WATERBURY – Twenty-six investigations resulted in 13 hospitals being cited with violations of hospital standards between February and September, and nine of them related to the rights or safety of people receiving psychiatric...
Counterpoint Winter 2018 • News • Page 10 WATERBURY – A committee appointed by the legislature to review the state’s laws on court-ordered outpatient treatment voted in November to recommend a pilot project that would enhance voluntary services to people who would...
Counterpoint Fall 2018 • News • Page 18 WATERBURY – A study committee reviewing whether to recommend changes in Vermont’s involuntary outpatient commitment laws has met twice but not yet decided what to put in its report to the legislature. The committee is scheduled...
