An Act To Create 4 Regional Mental Health Receiving Centers

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 3, art. 3  is enacted to read:

ARTICLE 3

CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTERS

§ 3631.  Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

§ 3632.  Crisis intervention centers established

The commissioner shall operate and maintain 4 crisis intervention centers to provide crisis intervention and psychiatric emergency services to persons with substance use disorder, mental illness or co-occurring disorder who are in crisis.

§ 3633.  Director of crisis intervention center

The commissioner shall appoint a director for each crisis intervention center established in section 3632 who must be a behavioral health professional and have at least a master's degree in a relevant discipline.

§ 3634.  Services provided by a crisis intervention center

A crisis intervention center established in section 3632:

§ 3635.  Rules

The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this article, which must include, at a minimum, certification requirements for the crisis intervention centers established in section 3632 and intentional peer support specialists; the location of the 4 crisis intervention centers to ensure regional accessibility throughout the State; admission and discharge standards for the crisis intervention centers; requirements for notice of a person's admission; availability of and patients' access to treatment; the staffing model for the crisis intervention centers, with specific descriptions of staffing levels, roles and responsibilities; and patient rights protections. To the extent possible, the rules must be consistent with chapter 1, subchapter 8; chapter 3, subchapter 4; and Title 5, chapter 511. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

summary

This bill establishes 4 crisis intervention centers regionally throughout the State that will be operated and maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services. It requires the crisis intervention centers to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide sufficient staffing. It provides that the Department of Health and Human Services must adopt rules that include the certification of the crisis intervention centers; the location of the crisis intervention centers to ensure regional accessibility throughout the State; admission and discharge standards; requirements for notice of a person's admission; availability of and patients' access to treatment; the staffing model, with specific descriptions of staffing levels, roles and responsibilities; and patient rights protections; and that, to the extent possible, the rules must be consistent with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 511; Title 34-B, chapter 1, subchapter 8; and Title 34-B, chapter 3, subchapter 4.