130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 297
H.P. 210 House of Representatives, February 3, 2021
An Act To Define the Term "Behavioral Health"
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 1, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative McCREIGHT of Harpswell.
Cosponsored by Senator SANBORN of Cumberland and
Representatives: BRENNAN of Portland, BROOKS of Lewiston, MEYER of Eliot, PERRY of
Calais.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §1001, sub-§1-B is enacted to read:
3 1-B. Behavioral health. "Behavioral health" includes but is not limited to a wide
4 range of mental health disorders and illnesses, substance misuse, substance use disorder
5 and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder.
6 SUMMARY
7 This bill defines "behavioral health" in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B as
8 including but not being limited to a wide range of mental health disorders and illnesses,
9 substance misuse, substance use disorder and developmental disabilities, including autism
10 spectrum disorder.
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