(3)__A substantial risk of severe physical or mental impairment or injury to the person as manifested by recent evidence of actions or behavior that demonstrates the person's inability to avoid or protect the person from such impairment or injury.

Sec. BBBB-3. 34-B MRSA §3801, sub-§§7-A, 8-A, 10 and 11 are enacted to read:

7-A.__Progressive treatment program.__"Progressive treatment program" or "program" means a program of court-ordered services provided to participants under section 3873.

8-A.__Severe and persistent mental illness.__"Severe and persistent mental illness" means a diagnosis of one or more qualifying mental illnesses or disorders plus a listed disability or functional impairment that has persisted continuously or intermittently or is expected to persist for at least one year as a result of that disease or disorder.__The qualifying mental illnesses or disorders are schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or other psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder or a combination of mental disorders sufficiently disabling to meet the criteria of functional disability.__The listed disabilities or functional impairments, which must result from a diagnosed qualifying mental illness or disorder, include inability to adequately manage one's own finances, inability to perform activities of daily living and inability to behave in ways that do not bring the attention of law enforcement for dangerous acts or for acts that manifest the person's inability to protect the person from harm.

10. Inability to make an informed decision.__"Inability to make an informed decision" means being unable to make a responsible decision whether to accept or refuse a recommended treatment as a result of lack of mental capacity to understand sufficiently the benefits and risks of the treatment after a thorough and informative explanation has been given by a qualified mental health professional.

11.__Assertive community treatment.__"Assertive community treatment" or "ACT" means a self-contained service with a fixed point of responsibility for providing treatment, rehabilitation and support services to persons with mental illness for whom other community-based treatment approaches have been unsuccessful.__Assertive community treatment uses clinical and rehabilitative staff to address symptom stability; relapse