Maine LD1416 mandates immediate placement of defendants in mental health institutions, excluding county or regional jails.

Maine LD1416 amends the law to ensure that when a court commits a defendant to the custody of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for placement in an appropriate mental health institution, the placement must be immediate and may not be in a county or regional jail. The bill specifies that appropriate placements can be in institutions for the care and treatment of people with mental illness, intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities or autism, crisis stabilization units, nursing homes, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospices.

Maine LD1416 mandates immediate placement of defendants in mental health institutions, excluding county or regional jails.

Maine LD1416 amends the law to ensure that when a court commits a defendant to the custody of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for placement in an appropriate mental health institution, the placement must be immediate and may not be in a county or regional jail. The bill specifies that appropriate placements can be in institutions for the care and treatment of people with mental illness, intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities or autism, crisis stabilization units, nursing homes, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospices.