§9001. Purpose--Article I
The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be facilitated by cooperative action, to the benefit of the patients, their families and society as a whole. The party states find that the necessity of and desirability for furnishing such care and treatment bears no primary relation to the residence or citizenship of the patient, but that, on the contrary, the controlling factors of community safety and humanitarianism require that facilities and services be made available for all who are in need of them. Consequently, it is the purpose of this compact and of the party states to provide the necessary legal basis for the institutionalization or other appropriate care and treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient under a system that recognizes the paramount importance of patient welfare and to establish the responsibilities of the party states in term of such welfare. [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
Chapter 9: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH
34-B §9001. Purpose--Article I
34-B §9002. Definitions--Article II
34-B §9003. Care and treatment--Article III
34-B §9004. Aftercare--Article IV
34-B §9006. Transportation of patient--Article VI
34-B §9007. Costs; reciprocal agreements--Article VII
34-B §9008. Guardians--Article VIII
34-B §9009. Incarceration in penal or correctional institution--Article IX
34-B §9010. Compact administrators--Article X
34-B §9011. Supplementary agreements--Article XI
34-B §9012. Effective date of compact--Article XII