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I. If, at any stage of the proceedings, the client is cleared
of the charges in a complaint, or the complaint is withdrawn,
all documentation relating to the complaint must be expunged.

 
Sec. 10. 34-A MRSA §3038, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §43, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 11. 34-A MRSA §3039, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §45,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Accounts. The chief administrative officer commissioner
shall promulgate adopt rules for use of the clients' account.
These rules must include a provision allowing a client to remove
that client's money from the clients' account and place it in any
type of investment outside the facility chosen by the client. The
chief administrative officer shall keep a record of all money in
the clients' account and is responsible for safekeeping of the
money while the client is in the custody of the department and
for the delivery of that money to the client upon the client's
discharge.

 
Sec. 12. 34-A MRSA §3069, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 482, Pt.
B, §1, is further amended to read:

 
1. Involuntary. When an inmate a prisoner of a correctional
or detention facility has been determined by a competent medical
authority to require inpatient treatment for mental illness, the
chief administrative officer of that facility shall make
application in accordance with Title 34-B, section 3863.

 
A. Any person with respect to whom an application and
certification under Title 34-B, section 3863 are made may be
admitted to either state mental health institute.

 
B. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
section, Title 34-B, chapter 3, subchapter IV 4, Article
III, 3 is applicable to the person as if the admission of
the person were applied for under Title 34-B, section 3863.

 
C. A copy of the document by which the person is held in
the facility must accompany the application for admission.

 
D. If the sentence being served at the time of admission
has not expired or commitment has not been terminated in
accordance with law at the time the person is ready for
discharge from hospitalization, the person must be returned
by the appropriate officers of the correctional or detention
facility.


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