Utah State Hospital reports forensic admission wait down to 11 days, citing settlement-driven changes
The document said the forensic program had grown from a 30-bed unit in 1988 to more than 130 beds across settings, including 112 hospital beds, 22 jail-based beds and a community outreach program. Referrals rose from 98 in fiscal 2013 to 110 in the first half of fiscal 2019, with 220 projected for the year.
It reported restoration rates of 61 percent for outreach, 72 percent for jail-based and 71 percent for inpatient treatment, and said the state was on track to meet the settlement's 14-day wait requirement by March 31, 2019.
Source: UTAH FORENSIC COMPETENCY RESTORATION SYSTEM — Utah Legislature (interim committee materials), by Utah State Hospital and Utah Department of Human Services
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