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May 31, 2006

Senate to vote on Carcieri's choice for Mental Health post

PROVIDENCE -- The Senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on Governor Carcieri's choice to head the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, Ellen R. Nelson.

Nelson, a former associate director of public health in Massachusetts, easily won the approval of the Senate's Health and Services Committee last week, earning a unanimous recommendation. Today's vote is not expected to be controversial.

Nelson began as acting director of the department last month. If confirmed when the full Senate meets today at 4 p.m., she would be the department's first permanent director in nearly three years.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Elizabeth Gudrais

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