Maine § 34-B §1219 State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious mental illness

Maine Statutes

§ 34-B §1219 — State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious mental illness

Maine·Title 34-B BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES·Ch. 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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.

2.Components of strategy. The state strategy developed under subsection 1 must include,

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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.
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Components of strategy.
The state strategy developed under subsection 1 must include, but is not limited to:

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