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Contempt orders, fines as developmentally disabled patients languish in local hospitals

Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:05:06
Publish Date: 2019-09-10 12:03:38
Description: Editor's note: Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins first reported this story Monday. Today, he talked in more detail about it with Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick. Listen to their conversation above, read his in-depth story below, and listen to his on-air feature here . In recent months, court commissioners on both sides of the Cascades have found the state of Washington in contempt, and even imposed fines, over access to state psychiatric care for people with severe developmental disabilities.
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