APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 23, 2021 339
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 709 - L.D. 963
An Act To Ensure Culturally Informed Programs and Services for
Adjudicated Juveniles in the Custody of the Department of Corrections
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§10-A is enacted to read:
10-A. Culturally informed treatment and recovery programs. The commissioner
shall ensure that any residential or nonresidential treatment or recovery programs
established by the commissioner and serving a juvenile who has been adjudicated of a
juvenile crime and who has not attained 21 years of age provide for that juvenile culturally
informed treatment plans and modalities and culturally informed community reintegration
services and provide language services for that juvenile and the juvenile’s family and
support system.
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§10-B is enacted to read:
10-B. Culturally informed prevention, diversion and restorative justice
programs. The commissioner shall ensure that any prevention, diversion or restorative
justice programs established by the commissioner and serving a juvenile who has been
adjudicated of a juvenile crime and who has not attained 21 years of age provide for that
juvenile culturally informed services, including, but not limited to, referrals to community
based services and supports, housing, case management, education and employment
resources, and provide language services for that juvenile and the juvenile’s family and
support system, as necessary.
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