Maine § 34-A §3069 Hospitalization for mental illness

Maine Statutes

§ 34-A §3069 — Hospitalization for mental illness

Maine § 34-A §3069

Title 34-ACORRECTIONS

Ch. 3CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-A, § 34-A §3069 (2026).

Text

1.Involuntary. When a prisoner 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.

2.Voluntary. The chief administrative officer of a correctional or detention facility may permit a person confined in the facility to apply for informal admission to a state mental health institute under Title 34‑B, section 3831.

3.Reincarceration planning. For each person hospitalized pursuant to this section, the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the chief administrative officer of the correctional facility and before the person is transferred back to the correctional facility, shal

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1.
Involuntary.
When a prisoner 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.
2.
Voluntary.
The chief administrative officer of a correctional or detention facility may permit a person confined in the facility to apply for informal admission to a state mental health institute under Title 34‑B, section 3831.
3.
Reincarceration planning.
For each person hospitalized pursuant to this section, the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the chief administrative officer of the correctional facility and before the person is transferred back to the correctional facility, shall develop a written treatment plan describing the recommended treatment to be provided to the person.
4.
Review use of seclusion and restraint with prisoners 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 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 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 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.

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 314, §57 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 659, §D2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 482, §§B1,C1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2005, c. 329, §12 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 102, §§ 10, 11 (AMD).