An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding Increased Access to Drug Courts
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1885
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs

Legislative Document
No. 1885
S.P. 720
In Senate, March 27, 2018
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To 
Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding Increased Access 
to Drug Courts
Reported by Senator KEIM of Oxford for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary 
pursuant to Joint Rule 353.
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST
Secretary of the Senate
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Z199
Initiative: Provides funds for case management and other ancillary services provided by 
the office for drug courts established by the Judicial Department.  These funds must be 
used to provide services for up to 30 new participants either at a new drug court in the 
State or in existing drug courts in the State.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
Initiative: Provides funds for active retired judges to cover other court time of full-time 
sitting judges assigned either to a new drug court in the State or to existing drug courts in 
the State to allow for up to 30 new participants.
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
All Other
$0
$150,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$150,000
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2017-18
2018-19
GENERAL FUND
$0
$150,000
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$150,000
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
All Other
$0
$10,800
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$10,800
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2017-18
2018-19
GENERAL FUND
$0
$10,800
SUMMARY
This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to implement a 
recommendation in the report of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the 
State.  It provides additional funding for the Judicial Department to establish a new drug 
court in the State for up to 30 participants or to expand by up to 30 the number of 
participants served by existing drug courts in the State pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 4, section 421.  The bill also provides funding for the case management 
and ancillary services provided to drug court participants by the office of substance abuse 
and mental health services within the Department of Health and Human Services.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$10,800
SECTION TOTALS
2017-18
2018-19
GENERAL FUND
$0
$160,800
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$160,800
Approved: 03/13/18
LD     
LR 2915(01)
FY 2017-18
FY 2018-19
Projections 
FY 2019-20
Projections 
FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund
$0
$160,800
$164,400
$164,400
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund
$0
$160,800
$164,400
$164,400
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Judicial Branch of $10,800 in fiscal year 2018-19 for active 
retired judges to cover other court time of full-time sitting judges assigned either to a new drug court in the State or to 
existing drug courts in the State that are expanded to allow for an increased number of participants up to a maximum 
of 30.
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $150,000 in fiscal 
year 2018-19 for case management and other ancillary services provided by the Office of Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services, for a maximum of 30 participants, for drug courts established by the Judicial Department.  
These funds can be used either to provide services at a new drug court in the state or to provide services for an 
increased number of participants in existing drug courts in the State.
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the 
State Regarding Increased Access to Drug Courts
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Committee: Judiciary
LR2915(01) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1