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On June 13, 2017, CPCS Director of the Mental Health Litigation Division Mark Larsen testified before the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse on behalf of CPCS to support H.2406 – Civil Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons to Read more
On June 19, 2017, before a large audience in Gardner Auditorium at the State House, a panel consisting of Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti, Deputy Chief Counsel of the CPCS Private Division Nancy Bennett, and Read more
CPCS Staff Attorney Joins Panel in Support of Decriminalizing Nonviolent and Verbal Misconduct of Students On June 6, 2017, Springfield YAD Staff Attorney Charity Kruzel, on behalf of CPCS, participated as a member of a panel testifying before the Joint Read more
On May 1, 2017, CPCS submitted written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of the following bills: H.751 – Appointment of Public Counsel; H.880 – Regulating Fees for Registration of Attorneys; H.2345 – Commitments and the Read more
CPCS Legislative Advocacy Has Begun for the 2017-2018 Session Prior to the 2017-2018 Legislative Session CPCS reached out to a number of State Senators and Representatives to request their sponsorship of 43 bills that would impact the work of each Read more