Joint Filing Of The Supplemental Report Of The Independent Reviewer In The Matter Of United States Of America v. The State Of Georgia

In this agreement filed on March 24, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) agreed on actions DBHDD will take to develop and implement support coordination services for individuals with developmental disabilities who transition from Georgia's state hospitals into community placements. The state plans to enlist the support of one of more nationally-recognized experts in the developmental disabilities field to assist the state in addressing the identified deficiencies and achieving compliance with a 2010 settlement agreement with the DOJ to improve the state's capacity to . . .