| | 5.__Disclosure of information.__Nothing in this section | permits or requires the disclosure of information to the extent | it is designated confidential by another provision of law. |
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| | 6.__Assessment tools.__Documents in the possession of the | department used to screen or assess clients, including, but not | limited to, questionnaires and test materials, are not public | records for purposes of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1.__The | department shall release these documents on request to any other | state agency if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of | that agency and to any committee or study commission established | by the Legislature with authority to examine issues related to | mental health. |
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| | Sec. 11. 34-A MRSA §3003, as amended by PL 2001, c. 452, §15, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 12. 34-A MRSA §3036, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §13, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 13. 34-A MRSA §3036-A, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 141, | §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 10. Terminally ill prisoner. With the consent of the | prisoner, the commissioner may permit a prisoner committed to the | department to be transferred from a correctional facility to | supervised community confinement without meeting the requirements | of subsection 2, paragraphs B and C if the facility's treating | physician has determined that the prisoner is terminally ill and | that care outside the correctional facility for the remainder of | the prisoner's illness is medically necessary appropriate. The | prisoner shall live in a hospital or other appropriate care | facility, such as a nursing facility or residential care | facility, approved by the commissioner. As approved by the | commissioner, the prisoner may receive hospice services from an | entity licensed pursuant to Title 22, chapter 1681, subchapter I | 1. The commissioner may exempt a prisoner transferred to | supervised community confinement pursuant to this subsection from | any mandatory condition under subsection 3 that the commissioner | determines to be inapplicable. |
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| | Sec. 14. 34-A MRSA §5404, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502, | Pt. F, §37, is further amended to read: |
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| B. Arrest and return to a correctional facility persons | released from the correctional facility under section 3035 | or 3036 or transferred from the facility under section 3036- | A; and |
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