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GENERAL FUND$0$300,000

 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS$0$300,000

 
SECTION TOTALS2005-062006-07

 
GENERAL FUND$0$317,033

 
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SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS$0$317,033

 
PART BBBB

 
Sec. BBBB-1. 34-B MRSA §3801, sub-§4, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1983,
c. 459, §7, are amended to read:

 
B. A substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as
manifested by recent evidence of homicidal or other violent
behavior or recent evidence that others are placed in
reasonable fear of violent behavior and serious physical
harm to them and, after consideration of less restrictive
treatment settings and modalities, a determination that
community resources for his the person's care and treatment
are unavailable; or

 
C. A reasonable certainty that severe physical or mental
impairment or injury will result to the person alleged to be
mentally ill as manifested by recent evidence of his the
person's actions or behavior which demonstrate his that
demonstrates the person's inability to avoid or protect
himself the person from such impairment or injury, and,
after consideration of less restrictive treatment settings
and modalities, a determination that suitable community
resources for his the person's care are unavailable.; or

 
Sec. BBBB-2. 34-B MRSA §3801, sub-§4, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__For the purposes of section 3873, subsection 5, in view
of the person's treatment history, current behavior and
inability to make an informed decision, a reasonable
likelihood that deterioration of the person's mental health
will occur and that the person will in the foreseeable
future pose:

 
(1) A substantial risk of physical harm to the person
as manifested by evidence of recent threats of, or
attempts at, suicide or serious bodily harm;

 
(2) A substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as
manifested by recent evidence of homicidal


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