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34-B ME Rev Stat § 1212 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1212. State Forensic Service

 §1212. State Forensic Service 1.  Establishment and membership.  The Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall establish a State Forensic Service and appoint its members. Members must be psychiatrists and licensed clinical psychologists experienced in forensic service and may not be directly involved in the treatment of persons committed to the department under Title 15, chapter 5. These psychiatrists and psychologists may be employed by the department directly or as independent contractors.   [RR 1995, c. 2, §85 (COR); PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §7 (REV).] 2.  Duties.  The State Forensic Service shall have the following duties:   A. To perform examinations of the mental condition of a defendant pursuant to Title 15, section 101‑D and to do the evaluations or examinations on behalf of any court of record, pursuant to agreement between the commissioner and the jurisdiction requesting that the evaluation be performed;   [PL 2009, c. 268, §11 (AMD).]B. To perform examinations of the mental condition of persons committed to the custody of the commissioner under Title 15, section 103, for the purposes specified in Title 15, section 104‑A;   [PL 1995, c. 219, §1 (AMD).]C. To perform examinations of the mental condition of persons pursuant to Title 22, chapter 250; and   [PL 1995, c. 219, §2 (AMD).]D. To perform evaluations on behalf of any court of record. The State Forensic Service may contract with psychologists, psychiatrists and licensed clinical social workers to perform evaluations. The clinicians under contract are entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for all acts performed within the scope of their evaluation duties and in accordance with protocols for evaluations established by the State Forensic Service.   [PL 1995, c. 219, §3 (NEW).][PL 2009, c. 268, §11 (AMD).] 3.  Professional education program.  The State Forensic Service may establish and maintain a professional education program designed to assist licensed psychologists and psychiatrists in developing expertise in the forensic aspects of each profession, with emphasis on the assessment of competency, criminal responsibility and abnormal condition of mind under the laws of the State.   [PL 1989, c. 621, §9 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 796, §7 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 487, §§16,17 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 621, §9 (AMD). RR 1995, c. 2, §85 (COR). PL 1995, c. 219, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B7 (REV). PL 2009, c. 268, §11 (AMD).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1213 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1213. Release Review Advisory Committee (REPEALED)

 §1213. Release Review Advisory Committee (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 796, §7 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 48, §2 (RP).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1214 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1214. Interdepartmental Council (REPEALED)

 §1214. Interdepartmental Council (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 181, §§1,2 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 831, §2 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 502, §B44 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 700, §A163 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 729 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 780, §DDD21 (AFF). PL 1993, c. 349, §68 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 410, §LL13 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 738, §B5 (RP).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1215 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1215. Interim assistance payments

 §1215. Interim assistance payments The department shall establish and maintain a nonlapsing revolving fund to provide interim assistance payments to Supplemental Security Income recipients:   [PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §45 (NEW).]1.  Benefits for hospitalization.  Whose benefits have been terminated while they were hospitalized and who are reapplying for benefits because of their release from the hospital; or   [PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §45 (NEW).] 2.  Benefits when no longer able to work.  Whose benefits have been terminated because they returned to work and who are reapplying for benefits because they have suffered a relapse and are no longer able to work.   These benefits shall be provided until their Supplemental Security Income application has been acted on. The fund shall be reimbursed, pursuant to Title 22, section 3174‑E, for interim assistance payments made under this section.   [PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §45 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 502, §B45 (NEW).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1216 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1216. Consumer Advisory Board (REPEALED)

 §1216. Consumer Advisory Board (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. 349, §2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 127, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §§K22,23 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 356, §6 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 356, §31 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. D, §1 (AMD). MRSA T. 34-B §1216, sub-§4 (RP).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1217 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1217. Application of consent decree

 §1217. Application of consent decree It is the intent of the Legislature that the principles of the consent decree issued on August 2, 1990 by the Superior Court, Kennebec County, in Civil Action Docket No. 89-88 as they relate to the development of a comprehensive mental health system apply to all persons with severe and prolonged mental illness. The individualized support plan process as contained in the decree in paragraphs 49 through 74, to the extent possible and within available resources, must be applicable to current and future patients of the former Bangor Mental Health Institute and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center. In addition, patient assessments must be provided to Bangor Mental Health Institute and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center patients beginning July 1, 1991 and must be completed quarterly until individualized support plan implementation is developed.   [PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. A, §58 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 9, §E18 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 683, §A58 (AMD).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1219 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1219. State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious mental illness

 §1219. State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious mental illness 1.  Development of state strategy.  The department shall develop a comprehensive state strategy for preventing the inappropriate incarceration of seriously mentally ill individuals and for diverting those individuals away from the criminal justice system. This strategy must be developed with the active participation of other agencies and providers responsible for serving persons with serious mental illness, including representatives of community mental health centers, area shelters, other community providers, consumers of services and their families, providers of inpatient mental health services, advocates for consumers of mental health services, sheriffs' departments and the Department of Public Safety.   [PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §85 (AMD).] 2.  Components of strategy.  The state strategy developed under subsection 1 must include, but is not limited to:   A. Identification of existing programs or creation of jail diversion and community mental health programs to serve persons with serious mental illness who have been charged with minor crimes that are a manifestation of their illness, including identification of financing mechanisms for the programs and the services provided;   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).]B. Systems for the evaluation of serious mental illness, within 24 hours of contact with the criminal justice system, of persons charged with minor crimes and timely referral of those persons identified as seriously mentally ill to appropriate community mental health programs;   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).]C. Specific mechanisms for enabling police and correctional officers to communicate and consult on a timely basis with appropriate mental health personnel about specific cases;   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).]D. Plans for conducting training, in conjunction with the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, of law enforcement and correctional personnel about serious mental illness and effective methods for evaluating, treating and managing persons with serious mental illness;   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).]E. Plans for training mental health professionals who participate in state-funded, educational training programs to work with persons with serious mental illness in correctional facilities, including, but not limited to, on-site field experience in correctional facilities or jail diversion programs; and   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).]F. Plans for providing comprehensive treatment, services and support to persons with serious mental illness following their release from correctional facilities.   [PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).][PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 431, §2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §85 (AMD).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1221 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1221. Plans for the homeless

 §1221. Plans for the homeless The regional housing coordinator for each region shall convene a working group annually to develop a plan that states how mental health or substance use disorder services needed by individuals using homeless shelters will be provided. Each working group shall submit a plan annually to the community service network established pursuant to section 3608. The community service network shall review the plan and submit it, with any suggested changes, to the Statewide Homeless Council, established pursuant to Title 30‑A, section 5046.   [PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §157 (AMD).]1.  Working group.  The working group in each region consists of the following members:   A. Representatives of homeless shelter operators that receive shelter operating subsidy funds from the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund designated by the Maine State Housing Authority;   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).]B. Representatives of mental health provider agencies designated by the department;   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).]C. Representatives of providers of substance use disorder services designated by the department;   [PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §158 (AMD).]D. The regional housing coordinators; and   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).]E. Representatives of the boards of directors of the entities listed in paragraphs A, B and C designated by the boards of directors.   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).][PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §158 (AMD).] 2.  Plan contents.  Each plan must be designed to meet local needs and must include, but is not limited to, the following components:   A. An overview of local service area needs;   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).]B. A review of the factors that lead to homelessness, the barriers to permanent housing and the clinical needs of individuals using homeless shelters based upon discussions with those persons; and   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).]C. Procedures for referrals, treatment planning, information sharing, clinical services, training for shelter and mental health services providers and determining consumer satisfaction with shelter services and mental health services.   [PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).][PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1997, c. 643, §XX4 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 380, §B14 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 286, §4 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §§157, 158 (AMD).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1222 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1222. County jail mental illness treatment pilot programs

 §1222. County jail mental illness treatment pilot programs The department, together with the Department of Corrections, shall convene a stakeholder group, which must include at a minimum representatives of mental health providers, county jail facilities, advocacy groups, persons with mental illness who are or have been incarcerated in jail and families of persons with mental illness who are or have been incarcerated in jail. The stakeholder group shall design a pilot program to provide increased mental health services to county jail populations. The pilot program must be based on best practices approaches that are supported by research and include collaboration agreements among county jails, community mental health providers, the department and the Department of Corrections. The pilot program must also include mechanisms for evaluating program success. The pilot program must augment and not supplant any existing mental health or county jail efforts to meet the needs of persons with mental illness.   [PL 2001, c. 659, Pt. G, §1 (NEW).]Once agreement on program design is reached by the stakeholder group and an agreement on program content, focus and function is signed by all stakeholders, the department, in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, shall act as the program and fiscal oversight agent and make available through one or more contracts funds for the pilot program. The department shall seek Medicaid or other available funds to support this effort wherever possible.   [PL 2001, c. 659, Pt. G, §1 (NEW).]By January 30, 2003, the department and the Department of Corrections shall provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice matters on the success of the pilot program.   [PL 2001, c. 659, Pt. G, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 659, §G1 (NEW).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1224 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1224. Processing fee

 §1224. Processing fee Beginning October 1, 2010, a facility or health care provider subject to the licensing provisions of section 1203‑A shall pay a processing fee not to exceed $10 to the department for the reissuance of a license when the licensee made changes that require the reissuance of a license.   [PL 2009, c. 590, §7 (NEW).]The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.   [PL 2009, c. 590, §7 (NEW).]Revisor's Note: §1224. Criminal background checks (As enacted by PL 2009, c. 621, §8 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 34-B, SECTION 1225)SECTION HISTORY RR 2009, c. 2, §94 (RAL). PL 2009, c. 590, §7 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 621, §8 (NEW).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1225 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1225. Criminal background checks (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-B, SECTION 1224)

 §1225. Criminal background checks (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-B, SECTION 1224)Beginning October 1, 2010, a facility or health care provider subject to the licensing provisions of section 1203‑A, prior to hiring an individual who will work in direct contact with a consumer or who has direct access to a consumer's property, personally identifiable information, financial information or resources, shall obtain a comprehensive background check in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. The comprehensive background check must include, at a minimum, criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification. A facility or provider licensed under section 1203‑A is subject to the employment restrictions set out in Title 22, section 1812‑G and other applicable federal and state laws when employing direct access personnel, as defined in Title 22, section 1717, subsection 1, paragraph A‑2. The facility or health care provider shall pay for the criminal background check required by this section.   [PL 2015, c. 494, Pt. A, §38 (RPR).]The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.   [RR 2009, c. 2, §94 (RAL).]SECTION HISTORY RR 2009, c. 2, §94 (RAL). PL 2015, c. 196, §17 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 299, §28 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 494, Pt. A, §38 (AMD).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1226 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1226. Resources available for patients entering residential care facilities (REPEALED)

 §1226. Resources available for patients entering residential care facilities (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2017, c. 461, §1 (NEW). MRSA T. 34-B §1226, sub-§3 (RP).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1227 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT|34-B §1227. Health-related services for children from birth to 5 years of age to access education

 §1227. Health-related services for children from birth to 5 years of age to access education 1.  Services required.  The department shall provide reimbursement for health-related services that are required for children from birth to 5 years of age to access their education. Health-related services may include, but are not limited to, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nursing services, social work services and behavioral health services.   [PL 2021, c. 227, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Rulemaking.  The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must establish the process for reimbursement under subsection 1 and be consistent with federal law. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.   [PL 2021, c. 227, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2021, c. 227, §1 (NEW).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1231 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2-A: FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|34-B §1231. Self-sufficiency trust fund

 §1231. Self-sufficiency trust fund 1.  Trust established.  There is created the Self-sufficiency Trust Fund. The State Treasurer, ex officio, is the custodian of the trust fund and the comptroller shall direct payments from the trust fund upon vouchers properly certified by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. The treasurer shall credit interest on the trust fund to the trust fund and the commissioner shall allocate that interest pro rata to the respective accounts of the named beneficiaries of the trust fund.   A. For the purposes of this section, the term "self-sufficiency trust" means a trust created by a nonprofit corporation which is a 501-C-3 organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and which was organized under the Nonprofit Corporation Act, Title 13-B, for the purpose of providing for the care or treatment of one or more developmentally disabled persons or persons otherwise eligible for department services.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).][RR 1995, c. 2, §86 (COR); PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §7 (REV).] 2.  Rules.  The department shall adopt these rules and procedures under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, as may be necessary or useful for the administration of the trust fund.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW). RR 1995, c. 2, §86 (COR). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B7 (REV).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1232 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2-A: FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|34-B §1232. Administration of fund

 §1232. Administration of fund 1.  Naming beneficiaries.  The Department of Health and Human Services may accept money from a self-sufficiency trust for deposit in the trust fund pursuant to an agreement with the trust naming one or more beneficiaries who are developmentally disabled persons or persons otherwise eligible for department services residing in this State and specifying the care or treatment to be provided for them. The department shall maintain a separate account in the trust fund for each named beneficiary.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §82 (AMD); PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §83 (AFF); PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6 (REV).] 2.  Care and support of beneficiaries.  The money in these accounts shall be spent by the department, pursuant to its rules, only to provide care and treatment for the named beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the agreement.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).] 3.  Return of money.  In the event that the director determines that the money in the account of a named beneficiary cannot be used for the care or treatment of the beneficiary in a manner consistent with the rules of the department and the agreement, or upon request of the self-sufficiency trust, the remaining money in that account, together with any accumulated interest on that account, shall be promptly returned to the self-sufficiency trust which deposited the money in the trust fund.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).] 4.  Other benefits not affected.  The receipt by a beneficiary of money from the trust fund, or of care or treatment provided with that money, shall not in any way reduce, impair or diminish the benefits to which the beneficiary is otherwise entitled by law.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 560, §K82 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K83 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV).
34-B ME Rev Stat § 1233 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|Subchapter 2-A: FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|34-B §1233. Special fund in the State Treasury

 §1233. Special fund in the State Treasury The fund for the developmentally disabled is created as a special fund in the State Treasury. The director may accept money from any source for deposit into the fund. The money in the fund shall be used by the department, subject to an allocation for the purpose of providing for the care and treatment of low-income developmentally disabled persons, or low-income persons otherwise eligible for department services, as defined by the department.   [PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 176 (NEW).