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| Sec. 67. 34-B MRSA §1217, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 9, Pt. E, §18, is | amended to read: |
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| §1217. Application of consent decree |
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| | It is the intent of the Legislature that the principles of the | consent decree issued on August 2, 1990 by the Superior Court, | Kennebec County, in Civil Action Docket No. 89-88 as they relate | to the development of a comprehensive mental health system apply | to all persons with severe and prolonged mental illness. The | individualized support plan process as contained in the decree in | paragraphs 49 through 74, to the extent possible and within | available resources, must be applicable to current and future | patients of the former Bangor Mental Health Institute and the | Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center. In addition, patient | assessments must be provided to Bangor Mental Health Institute | and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center patients beginning July 1, | 1991 and must be completed quarterly until individualized support | plan implementation is developed. |
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| | Sec. 68. 35-A MRSA §7104, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2005, c. 305, §1 | and c. 336, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its | place: |
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| | 5.__Funds for Communications Equipment Fund.__The commission | shall annually transfer $85,000 from a state universal service | fund established pursuant to this section to the Communications | Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A. |
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| If the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services | does not receive from federal or other sources funds in addition | to the $85,000 sufficient to carry out the purposes of Title 26, | section 1419-A, the commission, at the request of the Department | of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, may transfer from | the state universal service fund to the Communications Equipment | Fund an additional $37,500. |
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| The commission may, upon the request of the Department of Labor, | Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and after a finding that the | funds are necessary and that sufficient attempts have been made | by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to maximize federal | support to support emergency alert telecommunications service, | transfer up to $60,000 in fiscal year 2005-06, up to $90,000 in | fiscal year 2006-07 and up to $120,000 in any subsequent fiscal | year from the state universal service fund established by this | section to the Communications Equipment Fund established under | Title 26, section 1419-A for the exclusive purpose of supporting | the discount program established under Title 26, section 1419-A, | subsection 6. |
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