LD 1886
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LR 3014
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Sec. 16. 34-A MRSA §4108, sub-§2, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 400 is
amended to read:

 
G. If the recommendations of the physician or medical staff
member regarding the juvenile's dietary or other health
needs while under observation are not carried out, the
director superintendent shall send a written justification
to the commissioner.

 
Sec. 17. 34-A MRSA §4114, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 583, §45 and
amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §8, is further amended to
read:

 
§4114. Discharge

 
1. Duty. The director superintendent shall cause a juvenile
client to be discharged from the Mountain View Youth Development
Center when the client becomes 21 years of age or otherwise
reaches the end of the period of the Juvenile Court's commitment.

 
2. Power. The director superintendent may cause a juvenile
client to be discharged from the Mountain View Youth Development
Center when the director superintendent determines that discharge
is in the best interest of the client or that the client has
benefited optimally from the services and facilities of the
Mountain View Youth Development Center.

 
Sec. 18. 34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502,
Pt. F, §34, is further amended to read:

 
A. Promulgate Adopt and enforce rules for field probation
and parole officers, juvenile caseworkers community
corrections officers, parole officers in correctional
facilities and Intensive Supervision Program officers;

 
Sec. 19. 34-A MRSA §5402, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502,
Pt. F, §34, is further amended to read:

 
B. Appoint, subject to the Civil Service Law, regional
correctional administrators, field probation and parole
officers, juvenile caseworkers community corrections
officers, Intensive Supervision Program officers and such
other employees as may be required to carry out adequate
supervision of all probationers, parolees from the
correctional facilities, persons on intensive supervision
and other persons placed under the supervision of an
employee listed in this paragraph;


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