Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §3201, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read:

§3201. Maintenance

The commissioner shall maintain 2 state mental health institutes for the mentally ill, one at Bangor called the Bangor Mental Health Institute and the other at Augusta called the Augusta Mental Health Institute Riverview Psychiatric Center.

Sec. 2. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Augusta Mental Health Institute" appear or reference is made to those words, they are amended to read and mean "Riverview Psychiatric Center," and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

Sec. 3. Transition provisions. All existing supplies, forms, letterheads and similar items bearing the name of or referring to the Augusta Mental Health Institute or to the Superintendent of the Augusta Mental Health Institute may be utilized by the Riverview Psychiatric Center or the Superintendent of the Riverview Psychiatric Center until existing supplies of these items are exhausted.

All existing contracts, agreements and compacts of the Augusta Mental Health Institute currently in effect continue in effect.

Any positions authorized and allocated subject to the personnel laws to the Augusta Mental Health Institute are transferred to the Riverview Psychiatric Center and may continue to be authorized.

Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect November 1, 2003.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the name of the Augusta Mental Health Institute to "Riverview Psychiatric Center."