§3873-B. Progressive Treatment Program Fund
1.
Progressive Treatment Program Fund established.
The Progressive Treatment Program Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund under the administration of the department.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
2.
Application of fund.
The department shall use the money in the fund to reimburse the legal costs incurred by the following individuals to initiate or extend existing progressive treatment programs in accordance with section 3873‑A: the superintendent or chief administrative officer of a private psychiatric hospital, the director of an ACT team, a private medical practitioner, a law enforcement officer or the legal guardian of the patient who is the subject of an application under section 3873‑A. The department may use money in the fund to reimburse a private attorney representing an individual eligible to receive funds under this subsection. An individual seeking reimbursement must submit to the department an itemized bill of legal costs incurred to initiate or extend the progressive treatment program. The maximum annual amount the department may reimburse an individual for the legal costs to initiate or extend an existing progressive treatment program is $3,500. Reimbursement is subject to available funds.
[PL 2025, c. 576, §1 (AMD).]
3.
Sources of fund.
The following must be paid into the fund:
A.
All money appropriated for inclusion in the fund;
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
B.
Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, any money that the department receives in repayment of loans or advances from the fund;
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
C.
Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, all interest, dividends or other income from investment of the fund; and
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
D.
Any other money, including federal money, deposited in the fund.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
4.
Rulemaking.
The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
[PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2021, c. 745, §1 (NEW). PL 2025, c. 576, §1 (AMD).