DHSS Press Release

Rita Landgraf, Secretary
Jill Fredel, Director of Communications
302-255-9047, Pager 302-357-7498
Email: jill.fredel@delaware.gov

Date: May 19, 2014
DHSS-5-2014

COURT MONITOR FILES FIFTH REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS IN STATE'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UNDER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

NEW CASTLE (May 19, 2014) - 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 fifth progress report with Delaware's U.S. District Court.

Bernstein, who is monitoring the state's progress under a five-year settlement agreement, 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

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COURT MONITOR FILES FIFTH REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS IN STATE'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UNDER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

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