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Info On SB 254, The Bill To Close Montana Developmental Center SB 254 creates a responsible process to shift services for people with developmental disabilities into community settings and close the Montana Developmental Center. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Mary Caferro would appoint two representatives of community providers, two parents or guardians of recently discharged residents from MDC, and advocates from MCDD and DRM to a committee to write a plan to close MDC that assures that services are appropriate, that the people are served, and the communities are kept safe.

An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Montana Department of Justice seeking the public release of a report the group says may show that people involuntarily committed to the Montana Developmental Center are at risk of abuse or neglect. The Independent Record reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/yuwhOD) that Disability Rights Montana filed the lawsuit. The report comes from a 2010 Department of Justice investigation by the into allegations of that six female Developmental Center clients were sexually assaulted by male employees.