Report to the legislature
Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6032 (Chapter 299, Laws of 2018) directed the Department of Social and Health Services (the Department) to develop, in consultation with staff from the Office of Financial Management and the appropriate committees of the State Legislature, a model to estimate demand for forensic and civil state hospital beds. This report provides models of forensic and civil bed need for Eastern State Hospital (ESH) and Western State Hospital (WSH), with forecasts through June 2021.
