DHSS Press Release

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

Date: May 26, 2016
DHSS-5-2016

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

NEW CASTLE (May 26, 2016) - 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, has filed his ninth 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.

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

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