(Raleigh News & Observer) The state is moving forward with a plan to move mentally ill people out of adult care homes and beef up community treatment at a cost of $282 million over eight years.The plan was forced by a U.S. Department of Justice and the threat of a federal lawsuit over how the state treats people with disabilities. Although they’ve agreed on the details, the state and the Justice Department remain at odds over how such a plan would be monitored and enforced, state lawyer Emery Milliken told legislators Tuesday.The Justice Department wants a legally binding agreement and will sue if it cannot reach an agreement with the state over the plan’s oversight, she said.
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