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Subchapter 1: DEFINITIONS
34-B §1001. Definitions - §1001. Definitions As used in this Title, unless the context...
Subchapter 2: DEPARTMENT
34-B §1201. Establishment (REPEALED) - §1201. Establishment (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 459, §7...
34-B §1201-A. Service delivery regions (REPEALED) - §1201-A. Service delivery regions (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c....
34-B §1201-B. Joint location of services (REPEALED) - §1201-B. Joint location of services (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993,...
34-B §1202. Office of the commissioner (REPEALED) - §1202. Office of the commissioner (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1203. Duties of the commissioner (REPEALED) - §1203. Duties of the commissioner (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1203-A. Licenses - §1203-A. Licenses Licenses to operate, conduct or maintain an agency...
34-B §1204. Powers of the commissioner (REPEALED) - §1204. Powers of the commissioner (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1205. Office of Advocacy (REPEALED) - §1205. Office of Advocacy (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c....
34-B §1206. Office of Children's Services (REPEALED) - §1206. Office of Children's Services (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1207. Confidentiality of information - §1207. Confidentiality of information 1. Generally. All orders of commitment,...
34-B §1208. Agreements with community agencies - §1208. Agreements with community agencies 1. Definitions. As used in...
34-B §1208-A. Performance-based contracts (REPEALED) - §1208-A. Performance-based contracts (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 737,...
34-B §1209. Mental Health Advisory Council (REPEALED) - §1209. Mental Health Advisory Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1209-A. Mental Health Rights Advisory Board (REPEALED) - §1209-A. Mental Health Rights Advisory Board (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
34-B §1209-B. Advisory Board on Rights of Children in Need of Services (REPEALED) - §1209-B. Advisory Board on Rights of Children in Need of...
34-B §1210. Maine Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation (REPEALED) - §1210. Maine Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY...
34-B §1211. Maine Developmental Disabilities Council (REPEALED) - §1211. Maine Developmental Disabilities Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
34-B §1212. State Forensic Service - §1212. State Forensic Service 1. Establishment and membership. The Commissioner...
34-B §1213. Release Review Advisory Committee (REPEALED) - §1213. Release Review Advisory Committee (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1985,...
34-B §1214. Interdepartmental Council (REPEALED) - §1214. Interdepartmental Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 181,...
34-B §1215. Interim assistance payments - §1215. Interim assistance payments The department shall establish and maintain...
34-B §1216. Consumer Advisory Board (REPEALED) - §1216. Consumer Advisory Board (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c....
34-B §1217. Application of consent decree - §1217. Application of consent decree It is the intent of...
34-B §1218. Services to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing - §1218. Services to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing 1....
34-B §1219. State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious mental illness - §1219. State strategy for preventing imprisonment of persons with serious...
34-B §1220. Mental health services to persons on probation - §1220. Mental health services to persons on probation The department...
34-B §1221. Plans for the homeless - §1221. Plans for the homeless The regional housing coordinator for...
34-B §1222. County jail mental illness treatment pilot programs - §1222. County jail mental illness treatment pilot programs The department,...
34-B §1223. Maine Developmental Services Oversight and Advisory Board - §1223. Maine Developmental Services Oversight and Advisory Board 1. Composition....
34-B §1224. Processing fee - §1224. Processing fee Beginning October 1, 2010, a facility or...
34-B §1225. Criminal background checks (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-B, SECTION 1224) - §1225. Criminal background checks (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 34-B, SECTION 1224)...
34-B §1226. Resources available for patients entering residential care facilities (REPEALED) - §1226. Resources available for patients entering residential care facilities (REPEALED)...
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...
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...
34-B §1232. Administration of fund - §1232. Administration of fund 1. Naming beneficiaries. The Department of...
34-B §1233. Special fund in the State Treasury - §1233. Special fund in the State Treasury The fund for...
Subchapter 2-B: DOROTHEA DIX AWARD
34-B §1301. Dorothea Dix Award - §1301. Dorothea Dix Award The commissioner shall establish the Dorothea...
Subchapter 3: INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY
Article 1: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
34-B §1401. Chief administrative officers (REPEALED) - §1401. Chief administrative officers (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c....
34-B §1402. Community services - §1402. Community services 1. Commissioner's duty. In every state institution...
34-B §1403. Boards of visitors (REPEALED) - §1403. Boards of visitors (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c....
34-B §1403-A. Pineland Center Board of Visitors (REPEALED) - §1403-A. Pineland Center Board of Visitors (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
34-B §1404. Legal actions - §1404. Legal actions 1. Contract actions. Actions founded on any...
34-B §1405. Emergencies - §1405. Emergencies When emergency situations are certified by the chief...
34-B §1406. Improper conduct of institutional officers - §1406. Improper conduct of institutional officers The commissioner may inquire...
34-B §1407. Appointment of physician - §1407. Appointment of physician In every state institution to which...
34-B §1408. Cooperation with state departments - §1408. Cooperation with state departments Whenever it is determined advisable,...
34-B §1409. Payment for care and treatment of residents - §1409. Payment for care and treatment of residents 1. Definitions....
34-B §1410. Posting of political material - §1410. Posting of political material The chief administrative officer of...
34-B §1411. Public ways and parking areas - §1411. Public ways and parking areas 1. Rules. The chief...
34-B §1412. Military and Naval Children's Home (REPEALED) - §1412. Military and Naval Children's Home (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
Article 2: CLIENTS GENERALLY
34-B §1430. Rights - §1430. Rights Any resident of a state institution has a...
34-B §1431. Indefinite convalescent status - §1431. Indefinite convalescent status 1. Definitions. As used in this...
34-B §1432. Administration of medication - §1432. Administration of medication The administration of medication in state...
34-B §1433. Aliens - §1433. Aliens 1. Notification of immigration officer. When a person...
34-B §1434. Resident's property presumed abandoned - §1434. Resident's property presumed abandoned Any property abandoned or unclaimed...
34-B §1435. Unnatural death of resident - §1435. Unnatural death of resident When the death of any...
34-B §1436. Rules regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation - §1436. Rules regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation The department shall promulgate rules...
Subchapter 4: NEGOTIATIONS WITH MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH STATE INSTITUTIONS ARE LOCATED
34-B §1602. Negotiations with municipalities - §1602. Negotiations with municipalities The Commissioner of Health and Human...
Subchapter 5: FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
34-B §1801. Definitions - §1801. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...
34-B §1802. Principles of family support - §1802. Principles of family support The department shall provide family...
34-B §1803. Family support policy coordination (REPEALED) - §1803. Family support policy coordination (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991,...
34-B §1804. Regional family support councils (REPEALED) - §1804. Regional family support councils (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991,...
34-B §1805. Maine Family Support Council (REPEALED) - §1805. Maine Family Support Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1991,...
34-B §1806. Authority to provide family support services - §1806. Authority to provide family support services The commissioner may...
34-B §1807. Rules - §1807. Rules The commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with...
Subchapter 6: REPORTING ANIMAL CRUELTY, ABUSE OR NEGLECT
34-B §1901. Animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; reporting - §1901. Animal cruelty, abuse or neglect; reporting 1. Definitions. As...
Subchapter 7: MENTAL HEALTH HOMICIDE, SUICIDE AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT REVIEW BOARD
34-B §1931. Mental Health Homicide, Suicide and Aggravated Assault Review Board (REPEALED) - §1931. Mental Health Homicide, Suicide and Aggravated Assault Review Board...
Subchapter 8: REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION OF INCIDENTS OF USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT
34-B §1951. Definitions - §1951. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...
34-B §1952. Reporting of an incident of restraint or seclusion - §1952. Reporting of an incident of restraint or seclusion 1....
34-B §1953. Restraint and seclusion debriefing policy - §1953. Restraint and seclusion debriefing policy All institutions must develop...