DHSS Press Release
Rita Landgraf, Secretary
Jill Fredel, Director of Communications
302-255-9047, Pager 302-357-7498
Email: jill.fredel@delaware.gov
Date: June 11, 2015
DHSS-6-2015
COURT MONITOR FILES SEVENTH REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS IN STATE’S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UNDER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
NEW CASTLE (June 11, 2015) – Robert Bernstein, court monitor for the state’s settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice over improvements in Delaware’s mental health system, today filed his seventh progress report with Delaware’s U.S. District Court.
Bernstein, who is monitoring the state’s progress under a five-year settlement agreement signed in 2011, was appointed by the U.S. District Court. He is president and executive director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington.
The report is attached.- 7th Report from Court Monitor on Progress under Settlement Agreement (June 11, 2015)
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