| This bill specifies that the funding approved for a |
| psychiatric treatment facility is for a new Augusta Mental Health |
| Institute. It requires the Department of Mental Health, Mental |
| Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to provide appropriate |
| community resources necessary for mental health treatment in this |
| State. It provides that inpatient services must be provided at 2 |
| state-operated, public psychiatric hospitals, one in Bangor named |
| Bangor Mental Health Institute and one in Augusta named Augusta |
| Mental Health Institute, and at privately operated hospitals. |
