Court Monitor Files Seventh Report on Improvements in State’s Mental Health System

NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
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NEW CASTLE – 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.

MONITOR REPORT US V DELAWARE 11-591-LPS June 11 2015