LD 1376, Page 2 - 122th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

juvenile shall attend the initial review.__The Attorney General is

not required to attend the initial review.__If the Attorney General

declines to attend the initial review, the court may not enter any

order directing the Department of Corrections to take or cease

taking any action.__If as a result of the initial review any party

or the court determines that a complete review hearing is required,

the court shall schedule the matter for further hearing and the

clerk shall notify all parties of the date of the complete review

hearing.__At the complete review hearing, the parties may submit

written evidence and may call witnesses, although the Maine Rules

of Evidence do not apply.__At the conclusion of the complete review

hearing, if the court determines that services that have been

identified as necessary to meet the requirements of Title 34-A,

chapter 3, subchapter 5 have not been provided to the juvenile or

the juvenile's family, the court may make recommendations to the

Department of Corrections to provide those services within a

specific time period and may schedule a further hearing to review

the department's response to those recommendations.__At that

subsequent hearing, the court may reopen the disposition in that

matter and amend or modify the disposition as necessary to address

the purposes of section 3002, including, but not limited to, the

termination of the commitment of the juvenile to a Department of

Corrections facility and putting the juvenile on probation, or take

any other action permitted by this Part.

From the date of commitment, the guardian ad litem for the
juvenile must have access to all records in the custody of the
Department of Corrections that relate to the juvenile, including,
but not limited to, all documents that address evaluation,
diagnosis and treatment of the juvenile.__The guardian ad litem
for the juvenile must be invited to and allowed to participate in
all classification conference and quarterly review meetings or
their equivalent.

No less than 28 days prior to any review, the facility in which
the juvenile is being held shall provide to the court and the
guardian ad litem for the juvenile copies of the following
documents:

A.__The integrated assessment, or its equivalent;

B.__The resident case plan, or its equivalent and any
modifications to the plan;

C.__All psychological evaluations, including any sexual
behavior treatment assessment, if applicable;

D.__All sexual behavior treatment plans, if applicable;

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