An Act To Ensure That County Jails Maintain the Same Formulary for Mental Health Medications as the Maine State Prison
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1661 is enacted to read:
§ 1661. Medication formulary
1. Notification of Maine State Prison medication formulary. Beginning in 2007, by October 1st of each year, the Commissioner of Corrections shall notify the commissioners of each county of the medications for mental illness and mental conditions listed on the medication formulary of the Maine State Prison.
2. County jail medication formularies. Beginning January 1, 2008, the commissioners of each county shall adopt for the county jail a medication formulary. The medication formulary must include the same medications for mental illness and mental conditions as are listed on the medication formulary at the Maine State Prison provided to the county commissioners under subsection 1.
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This bill requires the Commissioner of Corrections to notify the county commissioners of the medications for mental illness and mental conditions included on the medication formulary of the Maine State Prison and requires the county jails to have matching formularies beginning January 1, 2008.