| | Sec. A-12. 34-A MRSA §4104, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 583, §42 | and PL 2001, c. 354, §3 and c. 439, Pt. G, §8, is further amended | to read: |
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| | 2. Limitations. A person may not be detained at or committed | to the Mountain View Youth Development Center who is blind or who | is a proper subject for any residential facility if that person | is more appropriately a subject for intensive temporary out-of- | home treatment services or for in-home treatment services | provided by or through the Department of Behavioral and | Developmental Services as agreed upon by the commissioner and the | Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services or their | designees. |
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| | Sec. A-13. 34-A MRSA §4111, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 410, | §19, is further amended to read: |
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| | 3. Psychiatric hospitalization. The commissioner has all the | power over a juvenile client or juvenile detainee 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 or juvenile detainee is or | becomes 18 years of age while still under commitment or while | still detained, the statutory guardianship of the commissioner | over the juvenile client or juvenile detainee terminates, but the | juvenile client or juvenile detainee 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 release | or 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 or juvenile detainee'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. |
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| | Sec. A-14. 34-B MRSA §6205, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, | §2, PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §4 and PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §6, is | further amended to read: |
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| §6205. Services for juveniles committed to the |
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| youth development centers |
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| | 1. Department authority. The department may provide | consultation services to any juvenile with mental retardation | committed to the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the |
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