Part A of the bill requires that a juvenile detention order be reviewed by the court within 10 days. The bill also changes the fund to which fees received from probationers are deposited to the adult community corrections account. The bill requires restitution collected for victims who can not be located to be forwarded to the Treasurer of State to be handled as unclaimed property. The bill clarifies that a person who is discharged from a facility is still liable for restitution ordered and if that person is remanded to another facility, the restitution collected must be used to defray the facility's costs. It also requires a bound-over juvenile who is to be detained to be detained with adults once that person becomes 18 years of age. It adds the requirement of a determination of probable cause before a juvenile may be detained to the initial appearance provision in the Maine Juvenile Code. It clarifies the limitations on juvenile detention and commitment. It changes the psychiatric provisions for juvenile detainees to be identical to the ones for committed juveniles.

Part B of the bill limits the reimbursement rate for medical services provided outside the Department of Corrections facilities to the MaineCare rate and ensures that medications used by the department are consistent with the MaineCare program. It adds a similar provision to the equivalent county jail statute.

Part C of the bill establishes the state council required under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and the Interstate Compact for Juveniles; designates the compact administrators; and repeals the obsolete Interstate Compact for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision.