Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2419 is enacted to read:

§2419.__Methadone clinics

If a person drives under the influence of methadone and causes an accident due to impairment from the methadone and that accident results in the injury or death of a person, then the facility that provided the methadone to the person is liable for damages proximately caused by the person's consumption of methadone.__A district attorney may also charge a facility liable under this section for criminal offenses under Title 17-A, section 203, 207 or 208, notwithstanding the provisions of Title 17-A, section 203, subsection 1, paragraph C, subparagraph (1).

SUMMARY

This bill makes a methadone clinic civilly and criminally liable for the bodily injury or death of a person resulting from an accident caused by a driver under the influence of methadone issued to that driver by the clinic.