130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1586
H.P. 1175 House of Representatives, April 27, 2021
An Act To Strengthen Statewide Mental Health Peer Support, Crisis
Intervention Mobile Response and Crisis Stabilization Unit Services
and To Allow E-9-1-1 To Dispatch Using the Crisis System
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative WARREN of Hallowell.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 PART A
3 Sec. A-1. Strengthen mental health peer support services. The Department
4 of Health and Human Services shall strengthen mental health peer support services by
5 providing increased resources to the statewide crisis lines and statewide "warmlines" in
6 order to provide effective, efficient services in the least restrictive manner 24 hours a day,
7 7 days a week. The department shall work with law enforcement agencies to ensure that
8 the crisis lines and warmlines are effective resources for law enforcement officers
9 throughout the State. The department shall work with the Department of Labor to access
10 grant funding to provide training and workforce development for mental health peer
11 support specialists who provide services through crisis lines and warmlines.
12 Sec. A-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
13 allocations are made.
14 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
15 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
16 Initiative: Provides funding for statewide crisis lines and statewide "warmlines" 24 hours a
17 day, 7 days a week to strengthen mental health peer support services.
18 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
19 All Other $45,469 $45,469
20 __________ __________
21 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $45,469 $45,469
22
18 PART B
23 Sec. B-1. Strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
24 services. The Department of Health and Human Services shall strengthen mental health
25 crisis intervention mobile response services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7
26 days a week. The department shall provide for certified intentional peer support specialists
27 and recovery coaches, mental health law enforcement officer liaisons colocated in law
28 enforcement agencies and mental health professionals with crisis services expertise at
29 E-9-1-1 dispatch centers and for the addition of community debriefing and critical incident
30 response services to the existing crisis services response system. The department shall also
31 provide for ancillary services that are required components of mental health crisis
32 intervention mobile response services. The funding for these ancillary services must
33 include travel costs to and from mobile face-to-face assessments not to exceed 44¢ per
34 mile, travel time to and from mobile face-to-face assessments and reimbursement for time
35 spent on telephone conferences with clients. Beginning October 1, 2021, when a contract
36 for mental health crisis intervention mobile response services is entered into or renewed,
37 the department shall include in each contract a mechanism for cost settlement. Beginning
38 October 1, 2021, the department shall provide reimbursement for peer support services
39 provided as mental health crisis intervention mobile response services under the MaineCare
40 program.
41 Sec. B-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
42 allocations are made.
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 1 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
2 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
3 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
4 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
5 for mobile outreach peer support specialists.
6 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
7 All Other $808,256 $808,256
8 __________ __________
9 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $808,256 $808,256
106 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
11 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
12 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
13 for certified intentional peer support specialists and recovery coaches.
14 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
15 All Other $406,044 $406,044
16 __________ __________
17 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $406,044 $406,044
18
14 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
19 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
20 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
21 for mental health law enforcement officer liaisons colocated in law enforcement agencies.
22 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
23 All Other $554,922 $554,922
24 __________ __________
25 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $554,922 $554,922
26
22 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
27 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
28 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
29 for community debriefing and critical incident response services.
30 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
31 All Other $113,674 $113,674
32 __________ __________
33 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $113,674 $113,674
34
30 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
35 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
36 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
37 for mental health law enforcement officer liaisons colocated in law enforcement agencies
38 and mental health professionals with crisis services expertise at E-9-1-1 dispatch centers.
39 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
40 All Other $470,610 $470,610
41 __________ __________
42 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $470,610 $470,610
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 1 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
2 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis intervention mobile response
3 services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding
4 for ancillary services that are required components of mental health crisis intervention
5 mobile response services.
6 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
7 All Other $636,575 $636,575
8 __________ __________
9 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $636,575 $636,575
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11 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
12 DEPARTMENT OF
13 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2021-22 2022-23
14
15 GENERAL FUND $2,990,081 $2,990,081
16 __________ __________
17 DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $2,990,081 $2,990,081
18
11 PART C
19 Sec. C-1. Strengthen mental health crisis stabilization unit services. The
20 Department of Health and Human Services shall strengthen mental health crisis
21 stabilization unit services in order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The
22 department shall provide for certified intentional peer support specialists and recovery
23 coaches as part of mental health crisis stabilization unit services and such other resources
24 and services as are determined to be needed in each public health district. The department
25 shall work with organizations providing mental health crisis stabilization unit services, law
26 enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to determine the resources available in each
27 public health district and the resources and services needed. Beginning October 1, 2021,
28 the department shall provide reimbursement for peer support services provided as mental
29 health crisis stabilization unit services under the MaineCare program.
30 Sec. C-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
31 allocations are made.
32 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
33 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
34 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health crisis stabilization unit services in
35 order to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and to provide funding for certified
36 intentional peer support specialists and recovery coaches as part of mental health crisis
37 stabilization unit services and other resources and services.
38 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
39 All Other $1,265,753 $1,265,753
40 __________ __________
41 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $1,265,753 $1,265,753
42
38 PART D
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 1 Sec. D-1. Strengthen mental health services through public education. The
2 Department of Health and Human Services shall strengthen mental health services through
3 public education by undertaking a statewide public education campaign to educate the
4 public and work with law enforcement agencies to ensure widespread knowledge of the
5 availability of mental health peer support, crisis lines, crisis intervention mobile response
6 and crisis stabilization unit services and the means by which members of the public and
7 law enforcement agencies may access those services throughout the State.
8 Sec. D-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
9 allocations are made.
10 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
11 Mental Health Services - Community Z198
12 Initiative: Provides funding to strengthen mental health services by providing funding for
13 a statewide public education campaign about the availability of mental health peer support,
14 crisis lines, crisis intervention mobile response and crisis stabilization unit services and the
15 means by which members of the public and law enforcement agencies may access those
16 services throughout the State.
17 GENERAL FUND 2021-22 2022-23
18 All Other $100,000 $100,000
19 __________ __________
20 GENERAL FUND TOTAL $100,000 $100,000
21
17 SUMMARY
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18 This bill provides funding for mental health services in the 8 public health districts.
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19 These services include peer support, crisis lines, crisis intervention mobile response and
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20 crisis stabilization unit services. The bill also provides funding for ancillary services for
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21 mobile response services, including necessary travel and telephone conferences with
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22 clients. The bill also provides funding for a public education campaign about the
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23 availability of mental health peer support, crisis lines, crisis intervention mobile response
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24 and crisis stabilization unit services and the means by which members of the public and
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25 law enforcement agencies may access those services throughout the State. The bill also
30
26 creates a framework whereby the E-9-1-1 system can dispatch using the crisis system in
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27 response to a mental health emergency.
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