State looks to use modular unit in Waterbury as secure facility for mental health patients
Meanwhile, a temporary facility in Morrisville has been delayed; an eight-bed recovery unit is approved; and lawmakers and the Shumlin administration tussle over state hospital location.
Official outlines dollars and details for state hospital plan
The panel got a front row seat on the central disagreement over the plan when the head of Fletcher Allen’s Health Care’s psychiatric unit said the state cannot get by without a 30-40 bed state hospital.
Shumlin proposes to decentralize treatment centers to replace Vermont State Hospital
Shumlin’s proposal sits atop a tall pile of previous ideas: The debate over the state hospital and what form its replacement should take has stretched on for around a decade.
With no placements in sight for Vermont State Hospital patients, officials say situation is now urgent
Christine Oliver said the system can’t go on for much longer without an interim solution, even if that means returning patients to the Brooks building at the VSH, an alternative no one likes.
Christine Oliver named commissioner of Mental Health
Oliver has served as Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Administration, through the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, since her appointment in 2006. In that post, she was the managerial head of the state division responsible for regulating health insurance (including rates and forms), quality of health care services, and related consumer education and protection. The division also has statutory responsibility for reviewing hospital budgets and issuing “certificates of need” for hospital expenditures.
Welch introduces bill to support Vermont’s anti-homelessness programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Welch introduces bill to support Vermont’s anti-homelessness programs WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Welch on Thursday introduced new legislation to help small states, like Vermont, combat homelessness. Welch, along with Kentucky Republican Rep. Geoff Davis, sponsored the PATH Enhancement bill, which adjusts the small-state formula for the Projects for Assistance in Transition [...]
If a private company can run the Vermont State Hospital Canteen, why can’t the state operate it?
A for-profit company is not likely to cater to patients’ needs.
House passes bill to reinstate Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital
No hospital, Rep. Paul Poirier said, is without a place where patients and family can get together. Restoring the Canteen, he said, is about parity.
Anatomy of a state budget cut
Vtdigger.org examines DMH’s decisions to shut down the Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital and to move the department from Burlington to Waterbury.
