The blue-ribbon panel studying Georgia's mental health delivery, which released its report just days after receiving a blistering letter from the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, plagiarized a 2004 "new vision" from Michigan. The The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which prints side-by-side examples, writes:
The pilfered sections of the report diminish eight months of work by the commission, suggesting a study process that lacked sufficient rigor. Even much of what appears to be original work contains the vaguest of ideas. For example, the commission suggested more spending on community-based mental health services, but did not say how much money is needed or where it could come from.
