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QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION

Question: Are Clinical Security Officers employed at CMHIP properly classified? If not, must they be either reclassified as Health Care Technicians or certified as Peace Officers in order to retain their classification?

Answer: The General Assembly has given the State Personnel Director ("Director") the authority to establish classifications for state employees and to oversee the classification system for all state agencies. The Director determined that the Clinical Security Officers were not properly classified. Making classification determinations is the…