Patrick has also failed to appoint anyone representing facility residents to the re-established Commission. At least nine of the 13 members he appointed or reappointed either have ties to human service vendors who do business with the state, with DMR itself, or with groups that provide community-based services.
COFAR has noted that the Commission never holds public hearings, holds very few public meetings, which are never publicized, and never takes “a single stance on behalf of the individuals it claims to represent, unless that stance is aligned with DDS.”
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