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B. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
section, Title 34-B, chapter 3, subchapter IV, Article III,
is applicable to the person as if the admission of the
person were applied for under Title 34-B, section 3863.

 
C. A copy of the document by which the person is held in
the facility must accompany the application for admission.

 
D. If the sentence being served at the time of admission
has not expired or commitment has not been terminated in
accordance with law at the time the person is ready for
discharge from hospitalization, the person must be returned
by the appropriate officers of the correctional or detention
facility.

 
E. Admission to a hospital under this section has no effect
upon a sentence then being served or a commitment then in
effect. The sentence continues to run and the commitment
remains in force, unless terminated in accordance with law.

 
PART C

 
Sec. C-1. 34-A MRSA §3069, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__Review use of seclusion and restraint with prisoners with
major mental illness; report.__Beginning October 1, 2003, the
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, utilizing
its medical directors and forensic psychiatrists, shall review
the use of seclusion and restraint with prisoners with major
mental illness in all adult correctional facilities.__The
department and the Department of Behavioral and Developmental
Services shall agree to the design and scope of this review.__
This review must include, but not be limited to, a case review of
the rates of and duration of such practices with prisoners with
major mental illness, whether the use of seclusion and restraint
is appropriate and whether there is a pattern of restraint and
seclusion with any particular prisoners with major mental
illness.__Beginning December 30, 2004 and annually thereafter,
the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services shall
issue a written report that includes its findings and
recommendations for improvements determined to be necessary.__
That report must be forwarded to the commissioner and to the
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over criminal justice and public safety matters.

 
Sec. C-2. Discharge planning training for state corrections officers. The
Department of Corrections shall assist its correctional officers
assigned to inmate discharge planning in increasing the officers'
understanding of the services and supports available in the State


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