LD 1764
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Page 11 of 12 An Act To Improve the Operations of the Department of Corrections and the Safet... LD 1764 Title Page
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LR 2623
Item 1

 
SUMMARY

 
Part A of the bill requires that a juvenile detention order be
reviewed by the court within 10 days. The bill also changes the
fund to which fees received from probationers are deposited to
the adult community corrections account. The bill requires
restitution collected for victims who can not be located to be
forwarded to the Treasurer of State to be handled as unclaimed
property. The bill clarifies that a person who is discharged
from a facility is still liable for restitution ordered and if
that person is remanded to another facility, the restitution
collected must be used to defray the facility's costs. It also
requires a bound-over juvenile who is to be detained to be
detained with adults once that person becomes 18 years of age.
It adds the requirement of a determination of probable cause
before a juvenile may be detained to the initial appearance
provision in the Maine Juvenile Code. It clarifies the
limitations on juvenile detention and commitment. It changes the
psychiatric provisions for juvenile detainees to be identical to
the ones for committed juveniles.

 
Part B of the bill limits the reimbursement rate for medical
services provided outside the Department of Corrections
facilities to the MaineCare rate and ensures that medications
used by the department are consistent with the MaineCare program.
It adds a similar provision to the equivalent county jail
statute.

 
Part C of the bill establishes the state council required
under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and
the Interstate Compact for Juveniles; designates the compact
administrators; and repeals the obsolete Interstate Compact for
Out-of-State Parolee Supervision.


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