CHAPTER 711

H.P. 1409 - L.D. 1903

An Act To Further Implement the Recommendations of the

Commission To Improve the Sentencing, Supervision,

Management and Incarceration of Prisoners and the

Recommendations of the Commission To Improve Community

Safety and Sex Offender Accountability

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

PART A

Sec. A-1. 4 MRSA §422, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 780, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Coordinator of Diversion and Rehabilitation Programs.__The judicial branch shall employ a Coordinator of Diversion and Rehabilitation Programs.__The Coordinator of Diversion and Rehabilitation Programs is responsible for helping the judicial branch establish, staff, coordinate, operate and evaluate diversion and rehabilitation programs in the courts.

Sec. A-2. 4 MRSA §422, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 780, §1 and amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:

2. Pass-through services. The Administrative Office of the Courts, with the assistance of the Drug Court Coordinator of Diversion and Rehabilitation Programs, may enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with:

A. The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, Office of Substance Abuse or other federal-licensed treatment providers or state-licensed treatment providers to