Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1000: An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative CIMINO of Bridgton. Printed on recycled paper.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative CIMINO of Bridgton. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §20043, sub-§9 is enacted to read: 9. Discharge. Upon completion of a treatment program, the facility must ensure that the person is discharged to the care of a responsible adult who the facility has determined is able to support the person's adjustment to discharge from the treatment program. Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §3047, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §52, is further amended to read: D. If the prisoner requests a reasonable place nearer the place of incarceration than any of the foregoing the places in paragraphs A to C, transportation must be furnished to that place; or Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3047, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1991, c. 314, §52, is further amended to read: 4. Extreme circumstances. May, in extreme circumstances, if the prisoner's home is outside the State, or if the prisoner has secured employment outside the State, furnish transportation to the prisoner's home or place of employment.; …
Sponsors
- Marygrace Cimino (R, 83) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed. On motion of Representative MEYER of Eliot, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: Legislature, RELEASE, Senate, PRISONERS, Other, TRANSITIONING
Common questions
- What is LD1000?
- LD1000 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult.
- What does LD1000 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative CIMINO of Bridgton. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD1000?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1000?
- Marygrace Cimino (R, 83).
- Where is the official record for LD1000?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1000&snum=132
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