| | | 3. Center services. The commissioner shall provide aftercare | | community reintegration services to juvenile clients. |
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| | | 4. Cancellation. If the commissioner is satisfied at any time | | that the welfare of the juvenile client will be promoted by | return to the facility, the commissioner may cancel the aftercare | | community reintegration status and resume charge of the client | with the same powers as before the placement on aftercare | | community reintegration status was made. |
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| | | Sec. 17. 34-A MRSA §3811, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §35, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | When a juvenile client who has been placed on aftercare | | community reintegration status, who has been granted a furlough | | or work or education release or who has been absent from the | | facility without leave is taken into custody for the purpose of | | return to the facility by an officer or employee of the facility, | | at the direction of the commissioner, or by a law enforcement | | officer, at the request of the commissioner, and because of the | | juvenile client's distance from the facility at the time of being | | taken into custody, it becomes necessary to detain the client | | overnight: |
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| | | Sec. 18. 34-A MRSA §4102, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 752, §41, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Detention. To detain juveniles pending a court proceeding | or pending a preliminary hearing under Title 17-A, section 1205; |
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| | | Sec. 19. 34-A MRSA §4111, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 517, §2, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 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 |
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