AUGUSTA, Maine - The heads of a troubled psychiatric hospital in Augusta and a state health agency are set to meet with a government oversight committee to discuss the treatment of patients.
The Sun Journal reports that Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew and Riverview Psychiatric Recovery Center Superintendent Jay Harper have both agreed to meet with the Legislature's committee on Jan. 22.
Both had been asked to appear to answer questions about the hospital. The committee threatened to subpoena them earlier this month if they did not appear at one of its January meetings.
The state-run hospital lost its federal certification in 2013 after an inspection uncovered problems such as overcrowding and the use of correctional officers to oversee patients.
A spokeswoman didn't return a request for comment from Mayhew and Harper.