11-A. Juvenile detainee. "Juvenile detainee" means a juvenile detained at a departmental juvenile facility pending a court proceeding, pending a preliminary hearing under Title 17-A, section 1205 or pursuant to Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph H or Title 15, section 3312, subsection 3, paragraph D.

Sec. 13. 34-A MRSA §3802, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §36, is further amended to read:

A. To detain juveniles pending a court proceeding or pending a preliminary hearing under Title 17-A, section 1205;

Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §3809-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 517, §1, is amended to read:

3. Psychiatric hospitalization. The commissioner has all the power over a juvenile client that a guardian has over a ward and that a parent has over a child with regard to necessary psychiatric hospitalization, including hospitalization in a nonstate mental health institution or hospital for the mentally ill. If a juvenile client is or becomes 18 years of age while still under commitment, the statutory guardianship of the commissioner over the juvenile client terminates, but the juvenile client remains subject to the control of the commissioner and staff and rules of the facility until the expiration of the period of commitment or until discharge from the facility. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to override the requirement to make application for psychiatric hospitalization in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3863, unless hospitalization is made with the juvenile client's consent in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3831. The commissioner may make application for necessary psychiatric hospitalization of a juvenile detainee, including hospitalization in a nonstate mental health institution or hospital for the mentally ill, in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3863.

Sec. 15. 34-A MRSA §3810, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §§33 and 34, is further amended to read:

§3810. Community reintegration status

1. Commissioner's powers. During a juvenile client's commitment to the facility, the commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion:

A. Keep the juvenile client at the facility; or