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PublishedMay 17, 2019
Psychiatric patient who killed father allowed to move into Augusta group home
A judge says he'll approve a request from a Riverview Psychiatric Center patient found not criminally responsible for the 1995 killing of his father to move to a group home in Augusta.
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PublishedMay 15, 2019
Democrats’ bill calls for sweeping review of Maine’s mental health system
Several Democratic lawmakers want a task force to find fixes for a mental health system that has failed to deliver community services decades after major institutions closed.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2019
Maine loses latest fight over Riverview funding
Gov. Mills is reviewing her options following the decision by the federal government that the state must repay $72 million stemming from when the psychiatric hospital was decertified.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2019
Mills administration to change scope of new psychiatric facility in Bangor
Rather than sticking with Gov. Paul LePage's plan for a privately run 'step-down' facility, Gov. Janet Mills said the new unit will operated as part of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and serve a broader scope of patients.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2019
Riverview Psychiatric Center regains certification, and that could mean $20 million a year for Maine
The state facility in Augusta had been decertified because of problems with its treatment of patients.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Unsigned contract leaves Mills administration to decide how state’s new psychiatric center will be run
Correct Care Solutions of Tennessee agreed to the incoming governor's request not to sign the contract drawn up by the LePage administration.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Attorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client's ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2018
Court master moves to block state’s funding plan for new psychiatric facility
Daniel Wathen says Maine DHHS wants to pay a contractor to run the facility with $5.4 million that is supposed to fund community-based services.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Our View: Riverview Psychiatric Center fix should fall to Maine’s next governor
Paul LePage's half-implemented plan, created in secrecy and largely without stakeholder input, should not be shoehorned through in his final months in office.
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PublishedJune 25, 2018
Riverview social worker who alleged retaliation settles lawsuit
Jennifer Taghavidinani has released all of her claims against the state in exchange for $55,000.
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