Recommendations
A panel appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to review the handling of the Haleigh Poutre case by the state Department of Social Services made recommendations in five main categories:
Create a process for DSS to evaluate requests to withdraw life support.
Make available to DSS more medical, psychiatric, and child-abuse expertise.
Make it a DSS priority to compile a comprehensive profile of each child.
Increase access to quality mental health services.
Appoint a new panel to work with pediatric hospitals to reduce errors in child welfare cases. 