130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1059
H.P. 788 House of Representatives, March 11, 2021
An Act To Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to
Adolescents
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MORALES of South Portland.
Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 CONCEPT DRAFT
3 SUMMARY
4 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
5 This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to work with
6 stakeholders to develop and fund a continuum of evidence-based treatment services for
7 adolescents affected by substance use disorder. Services would include, but not be limited
8 to, detoxification beds in hospitals or residential settings and intensive outpatient treatment
9 services.
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