An Act To Stabilize Residential Treatment Capacity For Children And Youth In Maine

Summary

The bill forces the Department of Health and Human Services to tell the legislature within two weeks whenever a children’s residential treatment facility shuts down, and to include key details about the closure. It also creates a stakeholder group to study staffing and resource needs, requires a cost analysis of out‑of‑state and emergency‑room placements, updates after‑care payment rules, and earmarks $1 million for an emergency fund to help facilities at risk of closing.

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