CHAPTER 236

H.P. 416 - L.D. 561

An Act To Rename the Bangor Mental Health Institute the

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and To Establish the

Dorothea Dix Award

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

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA c. 1, sub-c. 2-B is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 2-B

DOROTHEA DIX AWARD

§1301.__Dorothea Dix Award

The commissioner shall establish the Dorothea Dix Award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in improving the lives of people living with mental illness or mental disabilities.__The award must be made on April 4th of each odd- numbered year at the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center.__The Governor or the Governor's designee shall present the award.

1.__Eligibility.__A person who is a Maine resident or has direct long-standing ties with Maine is eligible to win the award.

2.__Dorothea Dix Award Selection Committee; established.__The Dorothea Dix Award Selection Committee, known in this subchapter as "the committee," is established and consists of the following 4 members:

A.__One member representing people with mental illness, chosen by the Governor;