An Act to Replace Certain Stigmatizing Language in the Maine Revised Statutes, Titles 22, 25 and 34-A with Respectful Language
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1715
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: MILLIKEN, HASENFUS, MATHIESON, PLUECKER, RANA, SALISBURY, BEEBE-CENTER
Amends: Title 18, Section 1761, 22 MRSA §3174, 22 MRSA §3174-T, 22 MRSA §8001, 25 MRSA §2002, 25 MRSA §2003, 25 MRSA §5101, 34-A MRSA §1001, 34-A MRSA §1201, 34-A MRSA §1208, 34-A MRSA §1208-A, 34-A MRSA §1208-B, 34-A MRSA §1210-E, 34-A MRSA §1217, 34-A MRSA §1402, 34-A MRSA §1403, 34-A MRSA §3032, 34-A MRSA §3033, 34-A MRSA §3035, 34-A MRSA §3036-A, 34-A MRSA §3036-B, 34-A MRSA §3039-A, 34-A MRSA §3042, 34-A MRSA §3047, 34-A MRSA §3048, 34-A MRSA §3062, 34-A MRSA §3063-B, 34-A MRSA §3063-C, 34-A MRSA §3069, 34-A MRSA §3069-A, 34-A MRSA §3073, 34-A MRSA §3101, 34-A MRSA §3102, 34-A MRSA §3104, 34-A MRSA §3231, 34-A MRSA §3233, 34-A MRSA §3236, 34-A MRSA §3264, 34-A MRSA §3401, 34-A MRSA §3402, 34-A MRSA §3403, 34-A MRSA §3903, 34-A MRSA §3904, 34-A MRSA §4102-B, 34-A MRSA §4103, 34-A MRSA §4117, 34-A MRSA §4118, 34-A MRSA §4203, 34-A MRSA §4204, 34-A MRSA §5003, 34-A MRSA §5402, 34-A MRSA §5802, 34-A MRSA §5803, 34-A MRSA §5806, 34-A MRSA §5810

Legislative Document
No. 1715
H.P. 1104
House of Representatives, April 18, 2023
An Act to Replace Certain Stigmatizing Language in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Titles 22, 25 and 34-A with Respectful Language
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill.
Cosponsored by Representatives: HASENFUS of Readfield, MATHIESON of Kittery, 
PLUECKER of Warren, RANA of Bangor, SALISBURY of Westbrook, Senators: BEEBE-
CENTER of Knox, LaFOUNTAIN of Kennebec.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §3174, sub-§3, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §160, is 
amended to read:
3.  Inmate Resident of a correctional facility, jail or public institution.  Is not an 
inmate of any a resident of a correctional facility, a jail or a public institution, except as a 
patient in a medical institution or an inmate a resident of a correctional facility or a jail 
during the month in which the applicant person becomes an inmate a resident of a 
correctional facility or a jail only to the extent permitted by federal law, but an inmate of 
such a resident of a correctional facility, a jail or an institution may file application for aid 
and any allowance made thereon must take takes effect and must be paid when upon the 
applicant ceases person's ceasing to be an inmate of the a resident of a correctional facility, 
a jail or a public institution.
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §3174-T, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. 
SSSSSS, §1 and PL 2021, c. 635, Pt. CCC, §3 and affected by §7, is further amended by 
amending subparagraph (4) to read:
(4)  Is an inmate in a resident of a correctional facility, a jail or a public institution 
or a patient in an institution for mental diseases.
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §8001, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 719, §6, is amended to read:
§8001.  Definition of drug treatment center
The term "drug treatment center," as used in this subtitle, shall mean means a residential 
facility, not licensed as a medical care facility under chapter 405, for the care, treatment or 
rehabilitation of drug users, including alcohol users persons with substance use disorder, 
including persons whose substance use disorder centers on alcohol.
Sec. 4.  25 MRSA §2002, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §100, is 
further amended to read:
3.  Drug user Person who uses drugs.  "Drug user Person who uses drugs" has the 
same meaning as set forth in Title 5, section 20003, subsection 10 means a person who uses 
any drugs, dependency-related drugs or hallucinogens in violation of any law of the State.
Sec. 5.  25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. C, §79 
and c. 407, Pt. A, §102 and affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 and amended by PL 
2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraph (5), division (r) to read:
(r)  Are you a drug user person who uses drugs or a person with substance use 
disorder?
Sec. 6.  25 MRSA §5101, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. CCCCC, 
§1, is further amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  Provision of evidence-based treatment programs, including medically assisted 
treatment, to jail inmates residents of a jail; and
Sec. 7.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 314, §2, is 
amended to read:
1-A.  Client.  "Client" means any person in the custody or under the supervision of the 
department, including, but not limited to, a prisoner resident of a correctional facility, 
person on supervised community confinement, juvenile client, contract client, probationer 
person on probation, parolee, juvenile detainee and an informally adjusted juvenile.
Sec. 8.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§9, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 391, 
§8, is amended to read:
9.  Holding facility.  "Holding facility" means a facility or part of a building used for 
the detention of adult pretrial detainees prior to arraignment, release or transfer to another 
facility or authority for periods of up to 48 hours.  "Holding facility" also means a county 
jail or part of a jail used for the detention of adult inmates persons, whether detained 
pending a trial or other court proceeding or sentenced for periods of up to 72 hours 
excluding Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays and excluding days during which the inmate 
person is at court.
Sec. 9.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§14, as amended by PL 2013, c. 133, §24, is 
repealed.
Sec. 10.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§15-C is enacted to read:
15-C.  Resident of a correctional facility.  "Resident of a correctional facility" means 
an adult person sentenced and committed to, transferred to or detained in the custody of the 
department.
Sec. 11.  34-A MRSA §1001, sub-§16, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §8, is 
further amended to read:
16.  Segregation.  "Segregation" means the separation of a prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility from the general population of a correctional facility for administrative 
or punitive reasons.
Sec. 12.  34-A MRSA §1201, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §9, is further amended 
to read:
§1201.  Legislative intent
Recognizing the need to firmly control all of the State's correctional and detention 
facilities, provide for the safety of staff and clients, undertake appropriate programming for 
the classification, education, rehabilitation and maintenance of clients and assure an 
effective system for the supervision of parolees and probationers persons on probation, it 
is the intent of the Legislature to create a Department of Corrections to improve the 
administration of correctional facilities, programs and services for clients.
Sec. 13.  34-A MRSA §1208, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 581, §§10 and 59, 
is amended to read:
4.  Emergency powers.  The commissioner may take immediate action in response to 
noncompliance with a mandatory standard, if the noncompliance is determined to endanger 
the safety of the staff, inmates residents of a jail or visitors of any county or municipal 
detention facility.
A.  The commissioner's action under this subsection shall expire expires within 90 days 
or upon compliance with the mandatory standard.
B.  After having taken action under this section, the commissioner shall send a written 
inspection report to the affected facility.
C.  The commissioner shall decide what long-term action to take with respect to the 
affected facility on the basis of county or municipality response to the inspection report 
and subsequent meetings.
Sec. 14.  34-A MRSA §1208, sub-§5, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 581, §§10 
and 59, is amended to read:
A.  The commissioner may grant a variance only when he the commissioner determines 
that the variance will not result in diminishing the safety, health or security of staff, 
inmates residents of a jail or visitors of a county or municipal detention facility.
Sec. 15.  34-A MRSA §1208-A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 102, §7, is further 
amended to read:
§1208-A.  Standards for additional accommodations
The commissioner shall establish standards for facilities not covered by section 1208 
that are used to house residents of a county prisoners jail, including secure detention 
facilities as defined in Title 15, section 3003, subsection 24‑A and temporary holding 
resources as defined in Title 15, section 3003, subsection 26 and has the same power to 
determine compliance with and enforce those standards as provided under section 1208.
Sec. 16.  34-A MRSA §1208-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. 
A, §152, is further amended to read:
A.  The standards, policies and procedures must address record keeping and reporting 
of financial data, capital improvement planning, jail staffing, administration and 
management of prisoners residents of a jail, transfer of inmates residents, notification 
to prisoners residents of prohibition on contact with victims and other persons, pretrial 
assessments and services, evidence-based programming, literacy programs, mental 
health and substance use disorder programs and correctional officer training.
Sec. 17.  34-A MRSA §1208-B, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 732, Pt. 
D, §3 and affected by §7, is further amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  Require reporting of data that indicates average daily population of prisoners 
residents of a jail, that excludes federal prisoners residents of a jail detained by the 
Federal Government, that indicates sending and receiving jails for transferred 
prisoners residents and that is useful in calculating the distributions to the counties 
pursuant to section 1210‑E, subsection 9; and
Sec. 18.  34-A MRSA §1210-E, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 732, Pt. A, §3 
and affected by §5, is amended to read:
4.  Prisoner support Support for residents of a jail.  The fund must be used to 
provide a portion of the counties' costs of the support of prisoners detained or sentenced to 
residents of a jail.
Sec. 19.  34-A MRSA §1210-E, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 732, Pt. A, §3 
and affected by §5, is amended to read:
9.  Formula; distribution.  The council shall establish a formula for the quarterly 
distribution described in subsection 5. The department shall distribute quarterly to each 
county from the fund the amount due to that county as determined according to the formula.  
The formula must be based on the most recent fiscal year for which data is available for the 
county and must:
A.  Take into consideration total statewide county jail prisoner resident days for all 
jails;
B.  Take into consideration and assign to a jail the number of county jail prisoner 
resident days attributable to each prisoner resident of a jail who was charged with 
committing a crime in that county or who was committed to the custody of or detained 
by the sheriff of that county; and
C.  Determine the proportion of statewide county jail prisoner resident days attributable 
to each county.
Sec. 20.  34-A MRSA §1217, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. W, §1, is amended 
to read:
§1217.  Prisoner Resident Boarding Fund
The Prisoner Resident Boarding Fund is established in the department to provide 
funding for the boarding of prisoners residents of a correctional facility at county jail 
facilities.
1.  Commissioner's powers.  The commissioner may receive and use, for the purpose 
of this section, money appropriated by the State.
2.  Prisoner Resident Boarding Fund.  All funds appropriated for the purpose of this 
section must be credited to the Prisoner Resident Boarding Fund. State funds appropriated 
to the Prisoner Resident Boarding Fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year 
for which the funds are appropriated do not lapse, but must carry forward into subsequent 
fiscal years to be expended for the purpose of this section.
Sec. 21.  34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2021, c. 620, §4, is further 
amended to read:
5.  Grievance procedures.  The commissioner shall establish procedures for hearing 
grievances of clients.  The commissioner shall establish a separate grievance process for 
addressing complaints by prisoners residents of a correctional facility about their medical 
and mental health treatment as well as a separate grievance process for addressing 
complaints regarding compliance with the standards established pursuant to sections 1208, 
1208‑A and 1208‑B.
Sec. 22.  34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. YYY, 
§2, is further amended to read:
9.  Statement of correctional system impact.  The commissioner shall prepare 
statements pertaining to the impact that proposed legislation has upon correctional system 
resources, including the cost that the correctional system would bear.  The commissioner 
shall make inquiry of a statewide association of prosecuting attorneys, the judicial branch, 
a statewide association of county sheriffs and any other parties, as appropriate, in order to 
provide the most accurate estimates of the correctional system impact, including the 
number of additional probationers persons on probation, the number of additional 
incarcerated individuals and the number of additional jail and prison beds that may 
reasonably be anticipated from enactment of the legislation, by fiscal year.  Whenever 
practicable, the statements must also include the impact of such legislation in future biennia 
as well.  For purposes of this subsection, the correctional system includes correctional 
facilities and services operated or funded by the State or by any county government.  The 
statements must be furnished to the appropriate committee of the Legislature for the 
information of its members and to the legislative staff office designated to collect and 
assemble fiscal information for use of legislative committees under Title 3, section 163‑A, 
subsection 10.  The statements must be considered in the preparation of the fiscal note 
included in a committee amendment or other amendment if the legislation or amendment 
has a fiscal impact on the correctional system.  A statement is not required for any 
legislation that has no impact upon the correctional system.
Sec. 23.  34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2011, c. 340, §1, is further 
amended to read:
7.  Establishment of farm programs and gravel mining programs to support farm 
programs at correctional facilities.  The commissioner may establish a farm program at 
each correctional facility for the purposes of producing agricultural and farm products and 
teaching prisoners residents of a correctional facility and juvenile clients cultivation and 
gardening techniques.  The commissioner may also establish a gravel mining program at 
any correctional facility sited on land that contains sufficient gravel for the purpose of 
supporting the farm programs.
A.  Products from farm programs under this subsection must be used by correctional 
facilities. If a surplus exists, it may be:
(1)  Sold or distributed to other state, county or local governmental entities;
(2)  Exchanged with other state, county or local governmental entities for services 
or other goods;
(3)  Sold to or exchanged with private Maine businesses; or
(4)  Sold to or exchanged with community agencies as defined in section 1206, 
subsection 1.
B.  The revenue generated by the sale of farm products under this subsection must be 
deposited in a special account. This account does not lapse at the end of a fiscal year 
but must be carried forward from year to year.
C.  The funds in the special account under paragraph B may be expended to implement 
and maintain farm programs in correctional facilities. These expenditures include, but 
are not limited to, the purchase of necessary materials and equipment, construction, 
administrative costs and employee salaries.
D.  The commissioner may establish, for the purpose of supporting farm programs at 
correctional facilities by generating additional revenue for the special account under 
paragraph B, a gravel mining program at any correctional facility sited on land that 
contains sufficient gravel.  The commissioner shall determine the amount of gravel to 
be mined.  Gravel not used by correctional facilities may be sold, distributed or 
exchanged in the same manner as farm products pursuant to paragraph A.  In addition 
to the expenditures allowed by paragraph C, the revenue generated from a gravel 
mining program may be expended to implement and maintain gravel mining programs 
in correctional facilities.
Sec. 24.  34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§8, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 127, §3, is 
amended to read:
C.  The commissioner may contract with the Attorney General of the United States or 
officer designated by the Congress for the care, custody, subsistence, education, 
treatment and training of any prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile 
accepted under this section.  All sums paid pursuant to contracts authorized by this 
section shall accrue to the General Fund.
Sec. 25.  34-A MRSA §1403, sub-§9, ¶D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. 
ZZZ, §1, is further amended to read:
D.  All revenues from direct sales of goods and services produced by prisoners at 
correctional facilities residents of a correctional facility and all amounts received from 
a private sector industry participating with the Department of Corrections in an 
industries program certified by the United States Department of Justice under the 
United States Code, Title 18, Section 1761, in consideration of lease of industry space, 
provision of utilities, trash removal and other services provided to the private industry 
that are related to the use of industry space at correctional facilities must be deposited 
into the department's industries enterprise account, which does not lapse.  All revenues 
generated from career and technical training programs must be deposited into Other 
Special Revenue Funds accounts, which do not lapse and must be used to support the 
costs of vocational training programs.
Sec. 26.  34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
B.  The prisoner correctional facility shall be provided provide the person with a 
sufficient quantity of wholesome and nutritious food.
Sec. 27.  34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
C.  Adequate The correctional facility shall provide the person with adequate sanitary 
and other conditions as required for the health of the prisoner shall be maintained 
person.
Sec. 28.  34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 506, §§4 and 
5, is further amended to read:
5-A.  Restitution.  The imposition of restitution at all facilities is subject to the 
following conditions.
A.  Restitution may be imposed for the purpose of replacing or repairing property 
destroyed or damaged by the prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile 
while the prisoner resident or juvenile is at the institution.  When restitution is imposed 
at a facility, a prisoner resident or a juvenile who is subject to that restitution and who 
receives money from any source shall pay 25% of that money to the facility where the 
damage occurred.  The facility shall collect that money and apply it to defray the cost 
of replacement or repair of the items destroyed or damaged.  Money received by the 
prisoner resident or juvenile and directly deposited into a telephone call account 
established by the department for the sole purpose of paying for use of the department's 
client telephone system is not subject to this paragraph, except that 25% of any money 
received by the prisoner resident or juvenile and transferred from the telephone call 
account to the department's general client account at the time of the prisoner's resident's 
or juvenile's discharge or transfer to supervised community confinement or community 
reintegration status must be collected and disbursed as provided in this paragraph.
A-1.  Restitution may be imposed for the purpose of paying the cost of medical care 
incurred as a result of the conduct of a prisoner resident of a correctional facility or 
juvenile while the prisoner resident or juvenile is at the institution.  When restitution is 
imposed at a facility, a prisoner resident or a juvenile who is subject to that restitution 
and who receives money from any source shall pay 25% of that money to the facility 
where the medical care was provided.  The facility shall collect that money and apply 
it to defray the cost of medical care.  Money received by the prisoner resident or 
juvenile and directly deposited into a telephone call account established by the 
department for the sole purpose of paying for use of the department's client telephone 
system is not subject to this paragraph, except that 25% of any money received by the 
prisoner resident or juvenile and transferred from the telephone call account to the 
department's general client account at the time of the prisoner's resident's or juvenile's 
discharge or transfer to supervised community confinement or community 
reintegration status must be collected and disbursed as provided in this paragraph.
B.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile who is transferred to another 
facility remains liable for any restitution authorized under this chapter.  The facility 
receiving the prisoner resident or juvenile shall collect the restitution and transfer it to 
the facility where the damage occurred or where the medical care was provided.
B-1.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile who is discharged from 
the facility remains liable for any restitution authorized under this chapter.  If the 
prisoner resident or juvenile is returned to the custody of the department, any facility 
in which the prisoner resident or juvenile resides shall collect the restitution and ensure 
that it is used to defray the costs as set out in this chapter.
C.  Restitution is not authorized if its imposition would create an excessive financial 
hardship, as determined by the department, on the dependents of the prisoner resident 
of a correctional facility.  Any payments made for the support of the dependents that 
are required by the Department of Health and Human Services may not be used for 
restitution payments.
Sec. 29.  34-A MRSA §3032, sub-§5-B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 506, §6, is 
further amended to read:
5-B.  Monetary sanctions.  The imposition of monetary sanctions at adult correctional 
facilities is subject to the following conditions.
A.  When a monetary sanction is imposed at a facility, a prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility who is subject to that monetary sanction and who receives money 
from any source shall pay 25% of that money to the facility where the monetary 
sanction was imposed.  The facility shall collect that money and apply it to defray the 
cost of holding disciplinary hearings.  Money received by the prisoner resident and 
directly deposited into a telephone call account established by the department for the 
sole purpose of paying for use of the department's client telephone system is not subject 
to this paragraph, except that 25% of any money received by the prisoner resident and 
transferred from the telephone call account to the department's general client account 
at the time of the prisoner's resident's discharge or transfer to supervised community 
confinement must be collected and disbursed as provided in this paragraph.
B.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility who is transferred to another facility 
remains liable for any monetary sanction authorized under this chapter.  The facility 
receiving the prisoner resident shall collect the monetary sanction and transfer it to the 
facility where the monetary sanction was imposed.
C.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility who is discharged from a facility 
remains liable for any monetary sanction authorized under this chapter.  If the prisoner 
resident is returned to the custody of the department, any facility in which the prisoner 
resident resides shall collect the monetary sanction and ensure that it is used to defray 
costs as set out in this chapter.
D.  A monetary sanction is not authorized if its imposition would create an excessive 
financial hardship, as determined by the department, on the dependents of the prisoner 
resident of a correctional facility.  Any payments made for the support of the 
dependents that are required by the Department of Health and Human Services may 
not be used for monetary sanction payments.
Sec. 30.  34-A MRSA §3033, as amended by PL 1989, c. 127, §§7 to 9, PL 2011, c. 
657, Pt. W, §7 and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23, is further amended to read:
§3033.  Work assignments
1.  Public works.  The commissioner may authorize the employment of able-bodied 
prisoners physically able residents of a correctional facility in the construction and 
improvement of highways or other public works within the State under such arrangements 
as may be made with the Department of Transportation or with another department or 
commission of the State, county or municipality in charge of these public works, and the 
commissioner may prescribe whatever any rules and conditions the commissioner 
considers expedient to ensure the proper care and treatment of the prisoners residents while 
so employed and to ensure their safekeeping and return.
2.  Fire or disaster.  The commissioner may authorize the training and use of able-
bodied prisoners physically able residents of a correctional facility by the Bureau of 
Forestry or the Maine Emergency Management Agency, to fight fires or provide assistance 
during or after a civil disaster.
3.  Charitable property improvement.  The commissioner may authorize the use of 
able-bodied prisoners physically able residents of a correctional facility to provide 
assistance in the improvement of property owned by charitable, nonprofit organizations.
A.  The commissioner shall promulgate adopt such rules as he deems the commissioner 
determines proper to ensure the care and treatment of the prisoners residents and the 
safe working conditions of prisoners residents and departmental employees.
B.  The commissioner may request that charitable, nonprofit organizations pay for the 
transportation of the prisoners residents of a correctional facility and pay the per diem 
compensation of guards, correctional officers or instructors who must accompany the 
prisoners residents or oversee the work to be performed.
4.  Prohibited act.  A person is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, section 755, if that 
person is a prisoner resident of a correctional facility and escapes from any assignments 
described in this section or from any other assignment beyond the walls or other security 
restraints surrounding a correctional facility or otherwise off the grounds of an assigned 
location.
Sec. 31.  34-A MRSA §3035, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 714, §4, is amended 
to read:
6.  Notification of law enforcement agencies.  A prisoner resident of a correctional 
facility may not participate in a furlough under subsection 2 unless, in advance of the chief 
administrative officer's consideration of the request for that furlough, the department 
notifies:
A.  The district attorney for the district in which the prisoner resident will reside;
B.  The sheriff for the county in which the prisoner resident will reside;
C.  The chief of police of any municipality in which the prisoner resident will reside;
D.  The Department of Public Safety; and
E.  The district attorney for the district where the prisoner's underlying commitment of 
the resident to the department originated.
If the department grants a prisoner resident of a correctional facility furlough request, the 
department shall again notify those listed in paragraphs A to E.
A furlough may be granted in an emergency without any prior notification as long as 
notification is given as soon as practicable.
Sec. 32.  34-A MRSA §3036-A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 376, §§1 to 7, is further 
amended to read:
§3036-A.  Supervised community confinement program
1.  Establishment.  The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing and governing a 
supervised community confinement program for certain prisoners committed to the 
department residents of a correctional facility.
2.  Participation and eligibility.  The commissioner may transfer any prisoner 
committed to the department resident of a correctional facility from a the correctional 
facility to supervised community confinement subject to the following restrictions.
A.  A transfer to supervised community confinement may be granted only subject to 
rules adopted by the commissioner.
B.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility may not be transferred to supervised 
community confinement until the prisoner resident has served at least 2/3 of the term 
of imprisonment imposed or, in the case of a split sentence, at least 2/3 of the 
unsuspended portion, after consideration of any deductions that the prisoner resident 
has received and retained under Title 17‑A, section 2302, subsection 1; section 2305; 
section 2307; section 2308; section 2309; section 2310; or section 2311 if the term of 
imprisonment or, in the case of a split sentence, the unsuspended portion is more than 
years.  A prisoner resident may not be transferred to supervised community 
confinement until the prisoner resident has served at least 1/2 of the term of 
imprisonment imposed or, in the case of a split sentence, at least 1/2 of the unsuspended 
portion after consideration of any deductions that the prisoner resident has received 
and retained under Title 17‑A, section 2302, subsection 1; section 2305; section 2307; 
section 2308; section 2309; section 2310; or section 2311 if the term of imprisonment 
or, in the case of a split sentence, the unsuspended portion is 5 years or less.
C.  Except as provided in paragraph C‑1, a prisoner resident of a correctional facility 
may not be transferred to supervised community confinement unless the prisoner 
resident has no more than 2 years remaining on the term of imprisonment or, in the 
case of a split sentence, on the unsuspended portion, after consideration of any 
deductions that the prisoner resident has received and retained under Title 17‑A, section 
2302, subsection 1; section 2305; section 2307; section 2308; section 2309; section 
2310; or section 2311.
C-1.  If the commissioner determines that the average statewide probation case load is 
no more than 90 probationers persons on probation to one probation officer, then a 
prisoner resident of a correctional facility may be transferred to supervised community 
confinement if that prisoner resident has no more than 30 months remaining on the 
term of imprisonment or, in the case of a split sentence, on the unsuspended portion, 
after consideration of any deductions that the prisoner resident has received and 
retained under Title 17‑A, section 2302, subsection 1; section 2305; section 2307; 
section 2308; section 2309; section 2310; or section 2311.
D.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility may not be transferred to supervised 
community confinement if the prisoner resident has a custody classification level 
higher than minimum.
2-A.  Criteria and process.  The commissioner shall establish criteria and a process 
for determining whether a prisoner resident of a correctional facility eligible for transfer to 
supervised community confinement as provided in subsection 2 is approved for transfer.  
The primary determining factor for approval must be the prisoner’s resident's likelihood of 
completion of supervised community confinement if transferred.
A.  The criteria must be evidence-based and designed to evaluate the likelihood of a 
prisoner’s completion by a resident of a correctional facility of supervised community 
confinement if transferred.  The criteria must be specific and include, but may not be 
limited to, fulfillment of expectations as to conduct, fulfillment of expectations as to 
work, education and rehabilitation programs assigned in the case plan, other 
rehabilitative efforts and accomplishments, arrangements for suitable housing in the 
community, taking into consideration the proximity of this housing to the victim, and 
the existence of support systems and resources in the community.
B.  The process must reflect best practices for evaluating the likelihood of a prisoner’s 
completion by a resident of a correctional facility of supervised community 
confinement if transferred and must provide guidance to department staff as to how to 
apply the established criteria when conducting the evaluation.  The process must 
require, when information is obtained by the department from persons in the 
community for the purpose of determining whether to approve a prisoner resident for 
transfer to supervised community confinement, that those persons be informed of the 
prisoner’s resident's fulfillment of expectations as to conduct, fulfillment of 
expectations as to work, education, and rehabilitation programs assigned in the case 
plan and other rehabilitative efforts and accomplishments.   The process must also 
include the right of a prisoner resident who is eligible for transfer to supervised 
community confinement as provided in subsection 2 but who has not been approved 
for transfer to appeal that determination to the commissioner.
3.  Mandatory conditions for supervised community confinement.  Prisoners 
Residents of a correctional facility transferred to supervised community confinement are 
clients when they are accepted into supervised community confinement and are subject to 
the following mandatory conditions.
A.  The prisoner client must be involved in a program of work or education that is 
approved by the commissioner together with any treatment program that the 
commissioner might require. The commissioner may waive the requirement of 
involvement in a program of work or education for a prisoner client who is involved in 
an approved full-time treatment program.
B.  The prisoner client must live in a residence that is approved by the commissioner.
C.  The prisoner client must be subject to a curfew set by the commissioner during 
which time the prisoner client must be at the approved residence.
D.  The prisoner client must be subject to travel or movement restrictions set by the 
commissioner limiting the prisoner's client's travel to times and places directly related 
to approved employment, education, treatment or such other specific purposes as are 
approved in advance by the commissioner.
E.  The prisoner client must be subject to searches of the prisoner's client's person, 
residence, papers and effects without a warrant and without probable cause, for items 
prohibited by law or by the conditions of supervised community confinement or 
otherwise subject to seizure, upon the request of the commissioner.  The commissioner 
may prohibit the prisoner client from residing with anyone who does not consent to a 
search of the residence to the extent necessary to search the prisoner's client's person, 
residence, papers and effects.
F.  The prisoner client may not possess or use illegal drugs or other illegal substances, 
may not possess or use alcohol and may not misuse any other legal substance.
G.  The prisoner client must submit to urinalysis, breath testing or other chemical tests 
without probable cause at the request of the commissioner.
H.  The prisoner client must notify any law enforcement officer, if stopped, of the 
prisoner's client's status as a prisoner person on supervised community confinement 
and notify the commissioner within 8 hours of any such contact with any law 
enforcement officer.
I.  The prisoner client may not violate state or federal criminal law.
J.  When required by the commissioner and to the extent that the commissioner 
determines that the prisoner client has the financial resources, the prisoner client must 
pay part or all of the costs of the prisoner's client's participation in the supervised 
community confinement program.
4.  Additional conditions.  In addition to the mandatory conditions, the conditions of 
supervised community confinement that may be imposed on a prisoner client at any time 
include:
A.  Any condition that may be imposed as a condition of probation pursuant to Title 
17‑A, section 1807; and
B.  Any condition that would be appropriate for the prisoner client and the supervised 
community confinement program.  The conditions imposed may be as stringent or 
restrictive as, but not more stringent or restrictive than, those that may be 
constitutionally imposed if the prisoner client were actually housed at a maximum 
security institution.
5.  Copy of rules.  Copies of rules must be provided to prisoners residents of a 
correctional facility as follows.
A.  The commissioner shall provide to any prisoner resident of a correctional facility 
permitted to participate in the supervised community confinement program under this 
section a copy of the rules applicable to the program.
B.  The prisoner resident of a correctional facility shall attest to the receipt of the copy 
of the rules.
6.  Prohibited acts.  Prohibited acts under this section are governed as follows.
A.  A person 18 years of age or older is guilty of interference with supervised 
community confinement if that person intentionally or knowingly obstructs, 
intimidates or otherwise abets any prisoner client participating in the supervised 
community confinement program under this section and intentionally contributes or 
causes the prisoner client to violate any term of supervised community confinement 
program participation, after having been warned by the commissioner to end the 
offending activity.
B.  Interference with supervised community confinement is a Class D crime.
7.  Investigation of compliance.  The commissioner, at any time and in any manner 
the commissioner determines appropriate, may investigate compliance with the conditions 
imposed.  The means of investigation may include, but are not limited to, the following:
A.  Personal contact with the prisoner client at the prisoner's client's residence, place 
of employment or any other place;
B.  Direct inquiry of the prisoner's client's employer, school or any other person or 
entity;
C.  Criminal, court and law enforcement agency investigations; and
D.  Credit and other financial inquiries.
8.  Funding.  Funds generated pursuant to this section must be deposited into the 
Supervised Community Confinement Account established by the department, except that 
where authorized by the department, a person participating in the supervised community 
confinement program may be required to pay fees directly to a provider of electronic 
monitoring, drug testing or other services.  Funds from this account, which may not lapse, 
must be used to pay for the costs of the supervised community confinement program.
9.  Probation violation; revocation.  If a prisoner client on supervised community 
confinement violates a condition of supervised community confinement imposed on the 
prisoner client and if the violation conduct is also a violation of a condition of probation 
imposed as part of the sentence the prisoner client is serving while on supervised 
community confinement, a probation officer may file with any court a motion for 
revocation of probation and the court may revoke probation as specified in Title 17‑A, 
section 1812.
10.  Terminally ill or incapacitated prisoner resident of a correctional facility.  
With the consent of the prisoner resident of a correctional facility, the commissioner may 
transfer a prisoner resident of a correctional facility committed to the department from a 
correctional facility to supervised community confinement status without meeting the 
eligibility requirements of subsection 2, paragraphs B and C and without meeting the 
criteria or fulfilling the process provided for under subsection 2-A if the department's 
director of medical care has determined that the prisoner resident of a correctional facility 
has a terminal or severely incapacitating medical condition and that care outside a 
correctional facility is medically appropriate.  A resident of a correctional facility 
transferred under this subsection becomes a client notwithstanding that the person does not 
meet the requirements for supervised community confinement.  Except as set out in this 
subsection, the prisoner client must live in a hospital or other appropriate care facility, such 
as a nursing facility, residential care facility or a facility that is a licensed hospice program 
pursuant to Title 22, section 8622, approved by the commissioner.  As approved by the 
commissioner, the prisoner client may receive hospice services from an entity licensed 
pursuant to Title 22, chapter 1681, subchapter 1 or other care services provided by an entity 
approved by the commissioner and, subject to approval by the commissioner, may live at 
home while receiving these services.  The commissioner may exempt a prisoner client 
transferred to supervised community confinement pursuant to this subsection from any 
mandatory condition under subsection 3 that the commissioner determines to be 
inapplicable.  The prisoner client shall provide any information pertaining to the prisoner's 
client's medical condition or care that is requested by the commissioner at any time while 
the prisoner client is on supervised community confinement.   If the commissioner 
determines that the prisoner client has failed to fully comply with a request or if at any time 
the department's director of medical care determines that the prisoner client does not have 
a terminal or severely incapacitating medical condition or that care outside a correctional 
facility is not medically appropriate, the commissioner shall revoke the transfer to 
supervised community confinement.
11.  Revocation of transfer.  The commissioner may revoke a transfer to supervised 
community confinement at any time for any reason in the commissioner's discretion.
12.  Information for prisoners residents of a correctional facility.  The department 
shall make available to all prisoners residents of a correctional facility written information 
about supervised community confinement, including eligibility requirements, the 
application process and the criteria and process for determining whether a prisoner resident 
of a correctional facility eligible for transfer to supervised community confinement may be 
approved for transfer.
13.  Data tracking.  The department shall track data for all prisoners residents of a 
correctional facility who apply for supervised community confinement and approval, denial 
and, if approved, completion of the program.  Such data must include, but is not limited to, 
demographic data regarding race and ethnicity, gender, age and convictions leading to the 
prisoner’s resident's current incarceration.
Sec. 33.  34-A MRSA §3036-B, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 396, §1, is amended to 
read:
§3036-B.  Reentry houses
1.  Reentry house defined; requirement.  For purposes of this section, "reentry 
house" means a correctional program provided by the department through a written contract 
with one or more private employers under which the employers provide and maintain 
housing for specified prisoners clients, employ those prisoners clients and provide to those 
prisoners clients all meals, laundry facilities and transportation to and from job sites.  A 
reentry house is not a correctional facility.  A reentry house must meet all state and local 
building and life safety codes for the type of building in which the reentry house is located.
2.  Contract.  The commissioner may enter into contracts for the establishment of 
reentry houses for the purpose of providing housing and other assistance to prisoners clients 
transferred to supervised community confinement under section 3036‑A.
3.  Other assistance.  The department shall employ, or contract for, program staff to 
provide other assistance to prisoners clients housed at a reentry house, including, but not 
limited to, assistance with reentry planning.
4.  Transfer.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility may be transferred to 
supervised community confinement to be housed in a reentry house only if the prisoner 
resident of a correctional facility meets all of the eligibility requirements of section 3036‑A 
and the rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 3036‑A, has successfully 
participated in a work release program at a department facility and has the skills necessary 
to perform a job available from a private employer with which the department has 
contracted.
5.  Supervision.  All of the provisions of section 3036‑A and the rules adopted by the 
commissioner pursuant to section 3036‑A apply to a prisoner client housed at a reentry 
house, and supervision of the prisoner client must be conducted by a probation officer in 
the same manner as for any other prisoner client transferred to supervised community 
confinement.
6.  Escape.  A prisoner client who is transferred to supervised community confinement 
who intentionally violates a requirement to reside at a reentry house or otherwise escapes 
is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, section 755.
Sec. 34.  34-A MRSA §3039-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 358, §4 and amended by 
PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:
§3039-A.  Family support
A prisoner resident of a correctional facility may not participate in an industry program 
under section 1403, a work program under section 3035 or any other program administered 
by the department by which a prisoner resident is able to generate money unless the 
prisoner resident consents to pay at least 25% of that money for the support of any 
dependent child if the parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of the child requests that 
payment.  Upon the written request of a parent, legal guardian or legal custodian, the chief 
administrative officer of the correctional facility where the prisoner resident is incarcerated 
shall collect and disburse to the parent, legal guardian or legal custodian that portion of the 
prisoner's resident's money to be paid for the support of the dependent child.  This section 
does not apply to any prisoner resident making payments for the support of a dependent 
child pursuant to a support order issued by a court or by the Department of Health and 
Human Services.
Sec. 35.  34-A MRSA §3042, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §96, is further 
amended to read:
§3042.  Disposition of detainers
1.  Notice to prisoner resident of a correctional facility.  The commissioner, chief 
administrative officer or other official having custody of a prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility serving a term of imprisonment in a correctional facility in this State 
shall promptly inform the prisoner resident in writing of:
A.  The source and contents of any untried indictment, information or complaint 
pending in this State against the prisoner resident of which the commissioner, warden 
or other official has knowledge; and
B.  The prisoner's right of the resident to request a final disposition of the untried 
indictment, information or complaint.
2.  Right to trial.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility serving a term of 
imprisonment in a correctional facility in this State is entitled to be brought to trial on any 
untried indictment, information or complaint pending in this State against him the resident 
within 180 days after giving proper notice in accordance with subsections 3 and 4.
3.  Proper notice.  To constitute proper notice under subsection 2, the prisoner resident 
of a correctional facility must send to the prosecuting official of the county in which the 
indictment, information or complaint is pending, and to the appropriate court, the 
following:
A.  Written notice of the place of imprisonment;
B.  Written notice of the request for final disposition to be made of the untried 
indictment, information or complaint; and
C.  A certificate of the commissioner, warden or other official having custody of the 
prisoner resident stating:
(1)  The term of commitment under which the prisoner resident is held;
(2)  The time already served on the sentence;
(3)  The time remaining to be served;
(4)  The total of deductions received and retained;
(5)  The time of parole eligibility of the prisoner resident; and
(6)  Any decisions of the State Parole Board relating to the prisoner resident.
4.  Manner of giving proper notice.  The manner of giving proper notice under 
subsection 2 is as follows.
A.  The prisoner resident of a correctional facility shall give or send the written notice 
of place of imprisonment and the written notice of request for final disposition to the 
commissioner, warden or other official having custody of him the resident.
B.  The commissioner, warden or other official having custody of the prisoner resident 
shall promptly forward the written notices, together with the certificate to the 
appropriate prosecuting official and court by registered or certified mail, return receipt 
requested.
5.  Continuance.  For good cause shown in open court, the prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility or his the resident's counsel being present, the court having jurisdiction 
of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.
6.  Time limitation.  If the prisoner resident of a correctional facility is not brought to 
trial on the untried indictment, information or complaint within 180 days after the prisoner 
resident gave or sent proper notice under subsection 2:
A.  The untried indictment, information or complaint is no longer of any force or effect;
B.  No court has jurisdiction over it; and
C.  The appropriate court shall enter an order dismissing it with prejudice.
7.  Effect of escape.  If a prisoner resident of a correctional facility escapes from 
custody after his the resident's execution of the request for final disposition, his the 
resident's request is voided.
8.  Exception.  This section does not apply to any person adjudged to be mentally ill.
Sec. 36.  34-A MRSA §3047, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §97, is further 
amended to read:
§3047.  Discharge or parole
When any prisoner resident of a correctional facility sentenced to the department is 
paroled or discharged, the commissioner:
1.  Clothing.  Shall ensure that the prisoner person is provided with decent clothing;
2.  Money.  May give the prisoner person an amount equal to the net salary of a single 
wage earner with no dependents for 40 hours of work at the state minimum wage less all 
applicable state and federal deductions except that any amount in excess of $50 may not be 
provided by the General Fund, except that the commissioner may not give money to a 
prisoner person who:
A.  Has, within the 6 months prior to the date of parole or discharge, transferred from 
the department's general client account to any person more than $500, excluding any 
money transferred for the support of dependents; or
B.  Has, on the date of parole or discharge, more than $500 in personal assets.
Money received by the prisoner person under this subsection is not subject to section 3032, 
subsection 5‑A or 5-B or Title 17‑A, section 2016, subsection 2;
3.  Transportation.  Shall furnish transportation to the place where the prisoner person 
was convicted, except that:
A.  If the prisoner's home of the person is within the State, transportation must be 
furnished to the prisoner's home of the person;
B.  If the prisoner person has secured employment within the State, transportation must 
be furnished to the place of employment;
C.  If the prisoner's home of the person is outside the State, or if the prisoner person 
has secured employment outside the State, transportation must be furnished to the place 
on the Maine border nearest the place of employment; or
D.  If the prisoner person requests a reasonable place nearer the place of incarceration 
than any of the foregoing, transportation must be furnished to that place; or
4.  Extreme circumstances.  May, in extreme circumstances, if the prisoner's home of 
the person is outside the State, or if the prisoner person has secured employment outside 
the State, furnish transportation to the prisoner's home or place of employment of the 
person.
Sec. 37.  34-A MRSA §3048, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 546, §1, is amended to read:
§3048.  Religious services
The commissioner shall adopt rules that provide for the accommodation of any prisoner 
resident of a correctional facility who expresses a desire to practice a religion of the 
prisoner's resident's choice as long as the practice does not present a threat to the safety, 
security or orderly management of the facility in which the prisoner resident is housed.  
The rules must be consistent with all federal requirements.  Rules adopted under this section 
are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
Sec. 38.  34-A MRSA §3062, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §54, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Requirements.  The commissioner may transfer any prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility sentenced to the department to a federal penal or correctional 
institution if the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons accepts the commissioner's 
application for transfer of the prisoner resident.  A person transferred under this section is 
considered a resident of a correctional facility for the purposes of this section.
Sec. 39.  34-A MRSA §3062, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §55, is 
further amended to read:
B.  The chief administrative officer shall affix to the contract a copy of the mittimus or 
mittimuses under which the prisoner resident of a correctional facility is held.
Sec. 40.  34-A MRSA §3062, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
C.  The contract and mittimus or mittimuses are sufficient authority for the United 
States to hold the prisoner resident of a correctional facility on behalf of the State.
Sec. 41.  34-A MRSA §3062, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is amended 
to read:
3.  Effect on prisoner resident of a correctional facility.  The rights of transferred 
prisoners residents of a correctional facility are governed as follows.
A.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility transferred under this section is subject 
to the terms of his the resident's original sentence or sentences as if he the resident were 
serving the sentence or sentences within the confines of the prison correctional facility 
from which the person was transferred.
B.  Nothing in this section deprives a prisoner resident of a correctional facility 
transferred under this section of his the resident's rights to parole or his the resident's 
rights to legal process in the courts of this State.
Sec. 42.  34-A MRSA §3063-B, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §28, is amended to 
read:
§3063-B.  Transfer from jails
The commissioner may accept custody of prisoners residents of a jail transferred to the 
department from county jails under Title 30‑A, section 1557‑B.
Sec. 43.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §28, is 
amended to read:
1.  Transfer of prisoner resident of a correctional facility.  The commissioner may 
transfer a prisoner resident of a correctional facility serving a sentence in a correctional 
facility to a county jail, upon the request of the chief administrative officer and the approval 
of the sheriff of the jail.
Sec. 44.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §28, is 
amended to read:
2.  Cost of transfer.  The department shall pay the cost of the transfer or the return of 
the prisoner resident of a correctional facility.
Sec. 45.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2021, c. 732, Pt. D, §6 
and affected by §7, is further amended to read:
3.  Reimbursement.  By agreement between the commissioner and the sheriff of the 
receiving jail pursuant to this section, the department shall pay directly to the jail 
reimbursement in accordance with this subsection.
A.  During a state fiscal year in which the funding required by section 1210‑E, 
subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail Operations Fund and 
disbursements have been made equal to the amount due to the counties as required by 
section 1210‑E, the receiving jail may charge the department for the transferred 
prisoner resident of a correctional facility a rate to be negotiated between the sheriff of 
the jail and the department that is no higher than $25 per diem per prisoner resident.
B.  During a state fiscal year in which less than the funding required by section 1210‑E, 
subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail Operations Fund or 
disbursements have not been made equal to the amount due to the counties as required 
by section 1210‑E, the receiving jail may charge the department for the transferred 
prisoner resident of a correctional facility a rate to be negotiated between the sheriff of 
the county jail and the department that is no higher than $108 per diem per prisoner 
resident.
C.  The department shall reimburse the receiving jail for any costs incurred in the 
provision of extraordinary medical or surgical treatment for conditions of the prisoner 
resident of a correctional facility that existed prior to transfer.
D.  Payment amounts provided for in this section may be adjusted or dispensed with 
upon terms mutually agreeable to the commissioner and the sheriff of the receiving jail.
Sec. 46.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, 
§100, is further amended to read:
4.  Transferee subject to rules.  A prisoner resident of a correctional facility 
transferred under this section is subject to the general rules of the facility to which the 
prisoner resident is transferred, except that for a prisoner resident who has been sentenced:
A.  The term of the original sentence remains the same unless altered by the court;
B.  The prisoner transferred resident becomes eligible for deductions as provided in 
Title 17‑A, section 2302, subsection 1; section 2305; section 2307; section 2308; 
section 2309; section 2310; or section 2311 for a prisoner committed to the department 
resident;
C.  The prisoner transferred resident becomes eligible for release and discharge as 
provided in Title 17‑A, section 2314, subsection 1 for a prisoner committed to the 
department resident;
D.  The prisoner transferred resident is entitled to have the time served in the jail under 
this section deducted from the sentence; and
E.  The prisoner transferred resident becomes eligible for furloughs, work or other 
release programs, and supervised community confinement as authorized by sections 
3035 and 3036‑A and may apply pursuant to the rules governing the correctional 
facility from which the prisoner transferred resident was transferred.
Sec. 47.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §28, is 
amended to read:
5.  Return of prisoner resident of a correctional facility.  A prisoner resident of a 
correctional facility transferred pursuant to this section must be returned to the department 
upon the request of the commissioner or the sheriff.
Sec. 48.  34-A MRSA §3069, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2007, c. 102, §10, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Involuntary.  When a prisoner resident of a correctional facility has been 
determined by a competent medical authority to require inpatient treatment for mental 
illness, the chief administrative officer of that facility shall make application in accordance 
with Title 34‑B, section 3863.
A.  Any person with respect to whom an application and certification under Title 34‑B, 
section 3863 are made may be admitted to either state mental health institute.
B.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, Title 34-B, chapter 3, 
subchapter 4, Article 3 is applicable to the person as if the admission of the person were 
applied for under Title 34-B, section 3863.
C.  A copy of the document by which the person is held in the facility must accompany 
the application for admission.
D.  If the sentence being served at the time of admission has not expired or commitment 
has not been terminated in accordance with law at the time the person is ready for 
discharge from hospitalization, the person must be returned by the appropriate officers 
of the correctional facility.
E.  Admission to a mental health institute under this section has no effect upon a 
sentence then being served or a commitment then in effect.  The sentence continues to 
run and the commitment remains in force, unless terminated in accordance with law.  
While the sentence or commitment is in effect, the person may not receive a privilege, 
including, but not limited to, a furlough or its equivalent, a funeral or deathbed visit or 
the use of tobacco, unless the chief administrative officer of the correctional facility 
approves the receipt of the privilege.
Sec. 49.  34-A MRSA §3069, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 482, Pt. C, §1 and 
amended by c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is amended to read:
4.  Review use of seclusion and restraint with prisoners residents of a correctional 
facility with major mental illness; report.  Beginning October 1, 2003, the Department 
of Health and Human Services, utilizing its medical directors and forensic psychiatrists, 
shall review the use of seclusion and restraint with prisoners residents with major mental 
illness in all adult correctional facilities.  The department and the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall agree to the design and scope of this review.  This review must 
include, but not be limited to, a case review of the rates of and duration of such practices 
with prisoners residents with major mental illness, whether the use of seclusion and 
restraint is appropriate and whether there is a pattern of restraint and seclusion with any 
particular prisoners residents with major mental illness.  Beginning December 30, 2004 and 
annually thereafter, the Department of Health and Human Services shall issue a written 
report that includes its findings and recommendations for improvements determined to be 
necessary.  That report must be forwarded to the commissioner and to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety 
matters.
Sec. 50.  34-A MRSA §3069-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 147, §4, is further 
amended to read:
§3069-A.  Transfer of jail inmates residents of a jail for mental health services
1.  Eligible inmates residents of a jail.  The commissioner may transfer from a jail to 
a correctional facility an adult inmate resident of a jail who the chief administrative officer 
of the Riverview Psychiatric Center confirms is eligible for admission to a state mental 
health institute under Title 34‑B, section 3863, but for whom no suitable bed is available, 
for the purpose of providing to the inmate person mental health services in a mental health 
unit of a correctional facility that provides intensive mental health care and treatment.  The 
commissioner may not transfer pursuant to this section a person who has been found not 
criminally responsible by reason of insanity.  The commissioner may return an inmate a 
person transferred pursuant to this subsection back to the sending facility.
For purposes of this subsection, "intensive mental health care and treatment" has the same 
meaning as in section 3049, subsection 1.
2.  Evaluation.  The commissioner may transfer from a jail to a correctional facility an 
adult inmate resident of a jail whom the court orders to be examined or further evaluated 
by the State Forensic Service under Title 15, section 101‑D, subsection 1, 2, 3 or 9 if the 
State Forensic Service determines that the jail where the inmate person is incarcerated 
cannot provide an appropriate setting for the examination but that a mental health unit in a 
correctional facility can provide an appropriate setting for the examination.  The 
commissioner shall return an inmate a person transferred pursuant to this subsection back 
to the sending facility upon the completion of the examination ordered, including any 
further evaluation ordered, unless the commissioner transferred the inmate person for 
another reason in addition to the examination.
3.  Disclosure of information.  With respect to an adult inmate resident of a jail who 
has previously been hospitalized under Title 34‑B, chapter 3, subchapter 4, the 
commissioner may make it a prerequisite to a transfer of the inmate resident of the jail 
under this section that necessary information be disclosed to the department pursuant to 
Title 34‑B, section 1207, subsection 1, paragraph B.
4.  Application of other laws.  All other applicable provisions of law governing 
inmates residents of a jail, whether detained pending a trial or other court proceeding or 
sentenced, apply to inmates persons transferred under this section.
5.  Discretion.  Nothing in this section or in any other provision of law requires the 
commissioner to transfer an adult inmate resident of a jail from a jail to a correctional 
facility or precludes the commissioner from transferring an adult inmate resident of a jail 
from a jail to a correctional facility at any time for any other reason at the commissioner's 
discretion.
Sec. 51.  34-A MRSA §3073, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 228, §2, is amended to read:
§3073.  Transportation to and from courts
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, transportation of a prisoner 
resident of a correctional facility between a correctional facility and a court in connection 
with the prosecution of the prisoner resident of a correctional facility for a crime committed 
within a correctional facility is the responsibility of the department, unless the department 
and the sheriff agree that the sheriff will undertake the responsibility of the transportation 
at an agreed-upon rate of reimbursement to the county by the department.
Sec. 52.  34-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 1, art. 4, headnote is amended to read:
ARTICLE 4
PREGNANT PRISONERS RESIDENTS OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY 
AND PREGNANT JUVENILES
Sec. 53.  34-A MRSA §3101, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 315, §4, is amended 
to read:
5.  Restraints.  "Restraints" means any physical restraint or mechanical device used to 
control the movement of a prisoner's or juvenile's the body or limbs of a resident of a 
correctional facility or a juvenile, including, but not limited to, disposable or soft restraints, 
handcuffs, a security restraint system that combines handcuffs with a rigid component, leg 
irons, belly chains, a security or tether chain and a convex shield.
Sec. 54.  34-A MRSA §3102, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 315, §4, is amended to read:
§3102.  Restraint of pregnant prisoners residents of a correctional facility and 
pregnant juveniles
1.  Restraints prohibited.  A correctional facility or a detention facility may not use 
restraints on a prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile known to be pregnant, 
including during transport to a medical facility or birthing center, labor, delivery and 
postpartum recovery, unless the chief administrative officer or the designee of the chief 
administrative officer makes a determination that the prisoner resident or juvenile presents 
an extraordinary circumstance as described in subsection 2.
2.  Exceptions.  Use of restraints on a pregnant prisoner resident of a correctional 
facility or a pregnant juvenile for an extraordinary circumstance is permitted only if the  
chief administrative officer or the designee of the chief administrative officer makes a 
determination that there is a substantial flight risk or other extraordinary medical or security 
circumstance that requires restraints to be used to ensure the safety and security of the 
pregnant prisoner resident or pregnant juvenile, the staff of the correctional facility, 
detention facility or medical facility, other prisoners residents or juveniles or the public, 
except that:
A.  If a doctor, nurse or other health professional treating the prisoner resident or 
juvenile requests that restraints not be used, the corrections officer accompanying the 
prisoner resident or juvenile shall immediately remove all restraints; and
B.  Notwithstanding this subsection, leg or waist restraints may not be used at any time, 
and restraints may not be used on a prisoner resident or juvenile in labor or childbirth.
3.  Procedures.  If restraints are used on a pregnant prisoner resident of a correctional 
facility or pregnant juvenile pursuant to subsection 2:
A.  The corrections officer must apply the least restrictive type of restraints in the least 
restrictive manner necessary; and
B.  The chief administrative officer or the designee of the chief administrative officer 
shall make written findings within 10 days as to the extraordinary circumstance that 
required the use of the restraints. These findings must be kept on file by the correctional 
facility or detention facility for at least 5 years and must be made available for public 
inspection, except that individually identifying information of any prisoner resident or 
juvenile may not be made public under this paragraph without the prior written consent 
of the prisoner resident or juvenile.
4.  Privacy.  When a prisoner resident of a correctional facility or juvenile is admitted 
to a medical facility or birthing center for labor or childbirth, a corrections officer may not 
be present in the room during labor or childbirth unless specifically requested by medical 
personnel. If a corrections officer's presence is requested by medical personnel, the 
corrections officer must be female if practicable.
Sec. 55.  34-A MRSA §3104, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 315, §4, is amended to read:
§3104.  Notice
A correctional facility or detention facility shall inform all female prisoners residents 
of correctional facilities and juveniles of the rules developed pursuant to section 3103 upon 
admission to the correctional facility or detention facility and shall include the rules in any 
handbook provided to female prisoners residents or juveniles.
Sec. 56.  34-A MRSA §3231, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1999, c. 583, 
§18, is amended to read:
2.  Duties.  In addition to other duties set out in this Title, the warden shall supervise 
and control the prisoners residents of the prison, pretrial detainees, employees, grounds, 
buildings and equipment at the prison.
Sec. 57.  34-A MRSA §3233, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
B.  If a prisoner at resident of the prison resists the authority of any uniformed or 
ununiformed officer or refuses to obey his the officer's lawful commands, the officer 
shall immediately enforce obedience.
Sec. 58.  34-A MRSA §3236, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
C.  Labor diligently and faithfully for the mental, moral and religious improvement of 
the prisoners residents of the prison; and
Sec. 59.  34-A MRSA §3236, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is 
amended to read:
D.  Aid the prisoners residents of the prison, when practicable, in obtaining 
employment after their discharge.
Sec. 60.  34-A MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 2, art. 3, headnote is amended to read:
ARTICLE 3
PRISONERS RESIDENTS OF THE MAINE STATE PRISON
Sec. 61.  34-A MRSA §3264, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §22, is further 
amended to read:
§3264.  Conditions of imprisonment
Prisoners in the prison Residents of the prison shall work at tasks normal to the 
maintenance, service, industrial, agricultural and other activities of the prison.
Sec. 62.  34-A MRSA §3401, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, 
§24, is amended to read:
§3401.  Establishment
The Maine Correctional Center in South Windham, referred to in this subchapter as 
"the center," is established for the confinement and rehabilitation of persons, male and 
female, lawfully in the custody of the department, as provided by law.
Sec. 63.  34-A MRSA §3402, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 508, §1, is further 
amended to read:
2.  Duties.  In addition to other duties set out in this Title, the warden shall supervise 
and control the prisoners residents of the center, pretrial detainees, employees, grounds, 
buildings and equipment at the center.
Sec. 64.  34-A MRSA §3403, as amended by PL 2013, c. 508, §2, is further amended 
by amending the section headnote to read:
§3403.  Prisoners Residents of the Maine Correctional Center generally
Sec. 65.  34-A MRSA §3403, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2013, c. 508, §2, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Conditions of confinement.  Conditions of confinement of prisoners residents of 
the center are governed as follows.
A.  The warden shall detain and confine all persons committed to the department in 
accordance with the sentences of the courts and with the rules of the department.
B.  The warden shall provide for the safekeeping or employment of persons committed 
to the department in order to teach them a useful trade or profession and to improve 
their mental and moral condition, which may include work involving public restitution.
Sec. 66.  34-A MRSA §3903, sub-§2, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 2019, c. 
343, Pt. LLLL, §2, is amended to read:
B.  The superintendent shall supervise and control the prisoners at residents of the 
Downeast Correctional Facility in accordance with departmental rules.
Sec. 67.  34-A MRSA §3904, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LLLL, §3, is 
further amended to read:
§3904.  Prisoners Residents of the Downeast Correctional Facility generally
1.  Confinement.  All prisoners at residents of the Downeast Correctional Facility shall 
must be detained and confined in accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules 
of the department.
2.  Education.  The superintendent shall maintain suitable courses for academic and 
career and technical education of the prisoners residents of the Downeast Correctional 
Facility.  The superintendent shall maintain necessary equipment and employ suitable 
qualified instructors as necessary to carry out the objectives of the facility's programs.
3.  Employment.  The commissioner may authorize the employment of prisoners 
residents of the Downeast Correctional Facility on public works with any department, 
agency or entity of the State, county or local government and may authorize the use of 
prisoners residents of the Downeast Correctional Facility to provide assistance in the 
improvement of property owned by nonprofit organizations.
A.  The commissioner shall promulgate adopt such rules as he deems the commissioner 
determines proper to ensure the care and treatment of the prisoners residents and the 
safe working conditions of prisoners residents and departmental employees.
B.  The purpose of the employment authorized in this subsection is to provide training 
to the prisoner resident and to be a form of public restitution for the crime or crimes 
committed by the prisoner resident.
C.  The commissioner may request that nonprofit organizations pay for the 
transportation of the prisoners residents and pay the per diem compensation of 
correctional officers or instructors who must accompany the prisoners residents or 
oversee the work to be performed.
4.  Escape.  Any prisoner A resident of the Downeast Correctional Facility who escapes 
from the facility, or from any assignment beyond the grounds of the facility, to include 
community-rehabilitative programs, is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, section 755.
Sec. 68.  34-A MRSA §4102-B, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 148, §12, is amended to 
read:
§4102-B.  Purposes for prisoners residents
The purposes of the Mountain View Correctional Facility with respect to prisoners 
residents of that facility include vocational and academic education and rehabilitative 
programs, including work release and work involving public restitution.
Sec. 69.  34-A MRSA §4103, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 148, §14, is 
amended to read:
C.  The superintendent shall supervise and control the prisoners at residents of the 
Mountain View Correctional Facility in accordance with department rules.
Sec. 70.  34-A MRSA §4117, as amended by PL 2017, c. 148, §26, is further 
amended to read:
§4117.  Confinement of prisoners residents of the Mountain View Correctional 
Facility
The commissioner may confine adults sentenced and committed to the custody of the 
department in the Mountain View Correctional Facility as long as the housing facilities for 
prisoners residents of that facility are fully separated from the housing facilities for juvenile 
detainees and juvenile clients and the commissioner maintains at all times full compliance 
with mandatory sight and sound separation standards established by federal law.  All 
provisions of this Title that are applicable to prisoners residents apply to prisoners residents 
confined in the Mountain View Correctional Facility as if they were confined in a 
correctional facility housing only adults.
Sec. 71.  34-A MRSA §4118, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 148, §27, is amended to 
read:
§4118.  Prisoners Residents of the Mountain View Correctional Facility generally
1.  Evaluation.  Before assignment to the Mountain View Correctional Facility, 
prisoners residents of a correctional facility must be evaluated for security status, program 
needs and emotional stability by the classification process approved by the commissioner.
2.  Transferred prisoners residents of a correctional facility.  All prisoners residents 
of a correctional facility transferred to the Mountain View Correctional Facility must be 
detained and confined in accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules of the 
department.
3.  Education.  The superintendent shall maintain suitable courses for academic and 
career and technical education of the prisoners residents of the Mountain View Correctional 
Facility.
A.  The superintendent shall maintain necessary equipment and employ suitable 
qualified instructors as necessary to carry out the objectives of the Mountain View 
Correctional Facility's programs.
B.  Before employing instructors in career and technical education, the superintendent 
shall obtain the approval of the Department of Education.
4.  Employment.  The commissioner may authorize the employment of prisoners 
residents of the Mountain View Correctional Facility on public works with any department, 
agency or entity of the State or county or local government and may authorize the use of 
prisoners residents of the Mountain View Correctional Facility to provide assistance in the 
improvement of property owned by nonprofit organizations.
A.  The commissioner shall adopt rules that the commissioner considers proper to 
ensure the care and treatment of the prisoners residents and the safe working conditions 
of prisoners residents and department employees.
B.  The purpose of the employment authorized in this subsection is to provide training 
to the prisoner resident and to be a form of public restitution for the crime or crimes 
committed by the prisoner resident.
C.  The prisoners residents employed under this subsection may not be compensated 
monetarily for the work performed.
D.  The commissioner may request that nonprofit organizations pay for the 
transportation of the prisoners residents and pay the per diem compensation of 
correctional officers or instructors who must accompany the prisoners residents or 
oversee the work to be performed.
5.  Escape.  A prisoner resident who escapes from the Mountain View Correctional 
Facility, or from any assignment beyond the grounds of the facility, is guilty of escape 
under Title 17‑A, section 755.
Sec. 72.  34-A MRSA §4203, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 508, §7, is 
amended to read:
B.  The director shall supervise and control the prisoners at the facility residents of the 
Bolduc Correctional Facility in accordance with departmental rules.
Sec. 73.  34-A MRSA §4204, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 508, §7, is amended to read:
§4204.  Prisoners Residents of the Bolduc Correctional Facility generally
1.  Confinement of prisoners residents of a correctional facility transferred to 
facility the Bolduc Correctional Facility.  All prisoners residents of a correctional facility 
transferred to the facility Bolduc Correctional Facility must be detained and confined in 
accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules of the department.
2.  Education.  The director shall maintain suitable courses for academic and career 
and technical education of the prisoners residents of the Bolduc Correctional Facility. The 
director shall maintain necessary equipment and employ suitable qualified instructors as 
necessary to carry out the objectives of the facility's programs.
3.  Employment.  The commissioner may authorize the employment of prisoners 
residents of the facility Bolduc Correctional Facility on public works with any department, 
agency or entity of state, county or local government and may authorize the use of prisoners 
residents of the Bolduc Correctional Facility to provide assistance in the improvement of 
property owned by nonprofit organizations.
A.  The commissioner shall adopt those rules as the commissioner considers proper to 
ensure the care and treatment of the prisoners residents and the safe working conditions 
of prisoners the residents and departmental employees.  Rules adopted pursuant to this 
paragraph are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
B.  The purpose of the employment authorized in this subsection is to provide training 
to the prisoner residents and to be a form of public restitution for the crime or crimes 
committed by the prisoner.
C.  The prisoners residents employed under this subsection may not be compensated 
monetarily for work performed.
D.  The commissioner may request that nonprofit organizations pay for the 
transportation of the prisoners residents and pay the per diem compensation of 
correctional officers or instructors who must accompany the prisoners residents or 
oversee the work to be performed.
4.  Escape.  Any prisoner resident of the Bolduc Correctional Facility who escapes 
from the facility, or from any assignment beyond the grounds of the facility, including 
assignment with community-rehabilitative programs, is guilty of escape under Title 17‑A, 
section 755.
Sec. 74.  34-A MRSA §5003, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 706, Pt. B, §3, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Interference with probation.  A person 18 years of age or older is guilty of 
interference with probation if that person willfully obstructs, intimidates or otherwise abets 
a probationer person on probation under the supervision and control of the department and 
thereby causes or contributes to causing the probationer person on probation to violate the 
conditions of that person's probation, after having been warned in writing by the 
commissioner to end that person's relationship or association with the probationer person 
on probation.
A.  Interference with probation is a Class E crime, except that, notwithstanding Title 
17‑A, it is punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more 
than 11 months, or by both.
B.  This subsection applies to interferences with the probation of probationers persons 
on probation who are under the supervision and control of the department at the request 
of other states under terms of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision 
and the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
Sec. 75.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2013, c. 491, §6, is 
further amended to read:
B.  Appoint, subject to the Civil Service Law, field probation and parole officers, 
juvenile community corrections officers and such other employees as may be required 
to carry out adequate supervision of all probationers persons on probation, parolees 
from the correctional facilities and other persons placed under the supervision of an 
employee listed in this paragraph;
Sec. 76.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶M, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, 
§34, is further amended to read:
M.  Aggregate the statistics contained in any reports the department receives on 
individual probationers persons on probation and make the aggregated statistics 
available to other state agencies provided as long as the data is aggregated in such a 
way that statistics pertaining to any individual probationer person on probation can not 
be disaggregated.
Sec. 77.  34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§3, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 265, §21, is 
amended to read:
F.  Provide for necessary assessment and supervision procedures and direct the use of 
adult probation resources and staff to the management of adult probationers persons on 
probation with a high risk of reoffending.
Sec. 78.  34-A MRSA c. 5, sub-c. 5, headnote is amended to read:
SUBCHAPTER 5
PAROLE LAWS FOR PRECRIMINAL CODE PRISONERS RESIDENTS OF 
THE MAINE STATE PRISON AND THE MAINE CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Sec. 79.  34-A MRSA §5802, first ¶, as amended by PL 2013, c. 508, §8, is further 
amended to read:
The board may grant a parole from a penal or correctional institution the Maine State 
Prison and the Maine Correctional Center after the expiration of the period of confinement, 
less deductions for good behavior, or after compliance with conditions provided for in 
section 5803 applicable to the sentence being served by the prisoner or inmate resident of 
the correctional facility. It may revoke a parole when a condition of the parole is violated.
Sec. 80.  34-A MRSA §5803, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is amended to read:
§5803.  Eligibility for hearing; Maine State Prison or Maine Correctional Center
A prisoner at resident of the Maine State Prison or Maine Correctional Center becomes 
eligible for a hearing by the board as follows:
1.  Expiration of minimum term in minimum-maximum sentence.  Prior to the 
expiration of the prisoner's resident's minimum term of imprisonment, less the deduction 
for good behavior, when the law provides for a minimum-maximum sentence;
2.  Expiration of 1/2 of term in certain cases.  Prior to the expiration of 1/2 of the 
term of imprisonment imposed by the court, less the deduction for good behavior, when 
the prisoner resident has been convicted of an offense under Title 17, former section 1951, 
3151, 3152 or 3153.  This subsection applies to a prisoner resident who has been convicted 
previously of an offense under Title 17, former section 1951, 3151, 3152 or 3153;
3.  Expiration of 15-year term in life imprisonment cases.  Prior to the expiration of 
a 15-year term of imprisonment, less deduction for good behavior, when the prisoner 
resident has been convicted of an offense punishable only by life imprisonment; and
4.  Expiration of 15-year term in other cases.  Prior to the expiration of a 15-year 
term of imprisonment, less deduction for good behavior, when, following conviction, the 
prisoner resident has been sentenced to a minimum term of 15 years or more.
Sec. 81.  34-A MRSA §5806, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is amended 
to read:
1.  Forfeits deductions.  Upon revocation of parole by the board, the prisoner a resident 
of a correctional facility forfeits any deductions for good behavior earned while on parole.
Sec. 82.  34-A MRSA §5806, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §6, is amended 
to read:
2.  May earn deductions.  While serving the unexpired portion of his a sentence after 
parole has been revoked, the prisoner a resident of a correctional facility may earn 
deductions for good conduct.
Sec. 83.  34-A MRSA §5810, as amended by PL 2013, c. 508, §14, is further 
amended to read:
§5810.  Records forwarded to State Police
When a person who has been convicted under Title 17, former section 1951, 3151, 
3152 or 3153 is paroled, the warden of the institution shall forward to the State Police a 
copy of the person's record and a statement of facts necessary for full comprehension of 
the case.  Whenever any prisoner resident of a correctional facility who has been convicted 
of an offense under Title 17, former section 1951, 3151, 3152 or 3153 is discharged in full 
execution of the prisoner's resident's sentence, the warden shall make and forward to the 
State Police a copy of the prison record of that prisoner resident together with a statement 
of any fact or facts that the warden may consider necessary for a full comprehension of the 
case.
Sec. 84.  Rules, policies, procedures, forms and publications.  To conform to 
the respectful terms adopted by the Legislature in this Act, the Department of Corrections, 
the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Safety shall 
amend their rules, policies and procedures as the rules, policies and procedures are 
amended for routine and other changes and shall reprint their forms and publications as 
reprinting becomes necessary.
SUMMARY
This bill changes language in the Maine Revised Statutes, Titles 22, 25 and 34-A to 
respectful so-called person-first language.  The bill also changes "prisoner" to "resident of 
a correctional facility" and "probationer" to "person on probation."  To conform to the 
respectful terms adopted by the Legislature in this legislation, the bill requires the 
Department of Corrections, the Department of Health and Human Services and the 
Department of Public Safety to amend their rules, policies and procedures as the rules, 
policies and procedures are amended for routine and other changes and to reprint their 
forms and publications as reprinting becomes necessary.