Maine Revised Statutes
Article 3: INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
34-B §3873-B. Progressive Treatment Program Fund

§3873-B. Progressive Treatment Program Fund
1. Progressive Treatment Program Fund established. The Progressive Treatment Program Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund under the administration of the department.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
2. Application of fund. The department shall use the money in the fund to reimburse the legal costs incurred by private entities to initiate progressive treatment programs in accordance with section 3873‑A. A private entity seeking reimbursement must submit to the department an itemized bill of legal costs incurred to initiate the progressive treatment program. The maximum amount the department may reimburse a private entity for the legal costs to initiate a progressive treatment program is $800.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
3. Sources of fund. The following must be paid into the fund:
A. All money appropriated for inclusion in the fund; [PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
B. Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, any money that the department receives in repayment of loans or advances from the fund; [PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
C. Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, all interest, dividends or other income from investment of the fund; and [PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
D. Any other money, including federal money, deposited in the fund. [PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
4. Rulemaking. The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).