An Act To Increase Safety for Maine Citizens by Amending the Definition of "Likelihood of Serious Harm" in the Laws Governing Mental Health and Hospitalization To Include Consideration of a Person's Potential for Future Serious Harm

Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §3801, sub-§4-A, ¶D,  as enacted by PL 2009, c. 651, §4, is amended to read:

SUMMARY

Under current law, for the purpose of admission to a progressive treatment program a determination that a person poses a likelihood of serious harm takes into consideration the likelihood that a person's mental health will deteriorate and that the person will in the foreseeable future pose a likelihood of serious harm. This bill expands the definition of "likelihood of serious harm" to apply those same considerations for purposes other than admission to a progressive treatment program.