CHAPTER 101

S.P. 474 - L.D. 1376

Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections To

Establish a Pilot Project at the Department's Juvenile

Correctional Facilities

Sec. 1. Pilot project established. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Corrections, referred to in this resolve as "the commissioner," shall establish a pilot project to determine the need for judicial review of the services provided to at-risk juveniles committed to a juvenile correctional facility of the Department of Corrections, referred to in this resolve as "the department"; and be it further

Sec. 2. Criteria for participation in pilot project. Resolved: That the commissioner shall determine criteria for participation in the pilot project in section 1 for juveniles committed to a department juvenile correctional facility under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph F on or after January 1, 2006. The criteria must be designed to identify up to 15 juveniles at each of the department's juvenile correctional facilities who are in special need of intensive services. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, such factors as young age, serious mental health needs and low level of parental involvement; and be it further

Sec. 3. Long Creek Youth Development Center. Resolved: That the commissioner shall appoint a selection committee, consisting of the Associate Commissioner for Juvenile Services or the associate commissioner's designee, a juvenile prosecutor and a juvenile defense attorney. The selection committee shall recommend an appropriate guardian ad litem for each juvenile committed to the