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SLS in Brewster, NY?
DannyB II:
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--- Quote from: "Eurystheus" ---Interesting thing I noticed. SLS threatened and filed a lawsuit against the owner of aboutsls.blogspot.com saying several of his interpretations of ruling from the court were invalid and they in turn lost revenue over a period of time and are suing him for 6.5 million. Over the past several days when tying to read the blog, a page opens up which said I had to log in and be invited to read the blog which is new to me I have read it freely without having to register or log in. Today I used a back door link from this website to go to aboutsls.blogspot.com and it appears that the blog is dead and SLS owns the web address as it read SLS health the center for excellence or something like that and no longer has posts. Possible that he agreed to remove the blog in order for SLS to drop the suit?? Also the Friends of SLS website does not exist either content wise it is a blank page.
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Wow. So much for free speech. I too get an almost blank page for the "friends" site: http://friendsofslshealth.com/
Friends of SLS Health
The site for supporters of SLS Residential and SLS Health.[/list]
Here's what I get for http://aboutsls.blogspot.com/:
SLS Residential
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
SLS Health
SLS Residential the Center of Excellence for Residential Care
Posted by testing at 10:00 PM[/list]
And here is SLS Health's own blog (not blank at all): http://aboutslshealth.blogspot.com/
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So long as your free speech does not defame someone or thing.
People will sue, you have to know this.
Ursus:
--- Quote from: "Ursus" ---Here's what I get for http://aboutsls.blogspot.com/:
SLS Residential
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
SLS Health
SLS Residential the Center of Excellence for Residential Care
Posted by testing at 10:00 PM[/list]
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Today this page merely notes: "No posts."
wdtony:
I think SLS has been shut down (operating certificate revoked) by the State of New York - Office of Mental Health (OMH) - July 30th, 2010.
http://www.heal-online.org/SLS.FinalDet ... 080910.pdf
Eurystheus:
Article on lohud.com has a write up if you click on the Putnam County link up to the left
wdtony:
State orders Putnam mental-health company SLS to give up permits
By Terence Corcoran • tcorcora@lohud.com • August 12, 2010
The state has ordered a private Putnam County-based mental-health provider that treats teens and young adults to surrender its operating certificates after the mental-health commissioner upheld charges that the for-profit facility violated patients' rights and ignored state regulations.
Commissioner Michael F. Hogan notified SLS Residential of his decision Tuesday.
But an attorney for SLS, also known as Supervised LifeStyles, said Wednesday that the facility intends to appeal the decision in court and is confident it will prevail. To keep operating, SLS will have to ask a judge for a temporary order to stay the revocation of its permits.
"SLS is disappointed in the commissioner's decision and believes that all the charges are unfounded," said David C. Trueman, a Manhattan attorney and adjunct Columbia University law professor. "SLS maintains that the commissioner's decision and the hearing officer's report are unsupported by the law and the evidence."
The SLS saga dates to November 2006 when state inspectors visited two residential facilities the agency runs in Southeast, found numerous violations and fined the company $80,000. A return trip three weeks later resulted in more violations and $30,000 more in fines, none of which SLS has paid while it has appealed.
Violations included that SLS limited residents' contact with people outside the facility, violated their privacy by watching them as they used the bathroom, punished them unfairly and humiliated them with other clients, continued to use an unauthorized building for programs and failed to conduct incident reviews as required by state law.
The state also alleged that SLS illegally restrained patients, but a court dismissed that charge.
After finding the violations, the state Office of Mental Health moved to rescind the operating permits SLS uses to run two residential-treatment facilties and a clinic. SLS appealed but a hearing officer ruled in favor of the state, and Hogan upheld the ruling.
SLS then appealed to state Supreme Court. In December 2008, Justice Andrew P. O'Rourke ruled in favor of SLS, calling OMH's actions "arbitrary, capricious and contrary to the law and wholly unsupported by substantial evidence."
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