MONTPELIER — A top Shumlin administration official says about 80 former employees of the now-closed Vermont State Hospital are being laid off.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding confirmed the workers are scheduled to get layoff notices on Friday and will be separated from state service in April.
The Waterbury hospital was closed in January due to flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.
Since then, the administration has been working to design a new mental health system with patients distributed to smaller facilities around the state.
The news comes as the Senate plans to take up final passage of a bill to retool the state mental health system, including building a new 16-bed secure facility in Berlin within the next three years.
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