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CHAPTER 68

 
H.P. 261 - L.D. 348

 
An Act To Expand the Home-release Monitoring Program for a

 
Person with a Terminal Illness

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

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1659, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

 
8.__Terminally ill inmate.__The sheriff may grant the
privilege of participation in a home-release monitoring program
to an inmate who does not meet the requirements of subsection 2,
paragraph D if the jail's treating physician has determined that
the inmate is terminally ill and that care outside the jail for
the remainder of the inmate's illness is medically appropriate.__
Except as set out in this subsection, the inmate shall live in a
hospital or other appropriate care facility, such as a nursing
facility, residential care facility or facility that is a
licensed hospice program pursuant to Title 22, section 8622,
approved by the sheriff.__As approved by the sheriff, the inmate
may receive hospice services from an entity licensed pursuant to
Title 22, chapter 1681, subchapter 1 and, subject to approval by
the sheriff, may live at home while receiving these hospice
services.__The sheriff may exempt an inmate participating in
home-release monitoring pursuant to this subsection from any
requirements under subsection 3 that the sheriff determines to be
inapplicable.__The sheriff may terminate an inmate's
participation in a home-release monitoring program under this
subsection at any time and return the inmate to confinement for
any reason in the sheriff's discretion.__Except as set out in
this subsection, all other provisions of this section apply to
home-release monitoring pursuant to this subsection.


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