{"data":{"id":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-431","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"4 M.R.S. §431","heading":"Mental health treatment courts","body":"1.  Treatment courts; funding.  The Judicial Department may seek and receive grants to establish mental health treatment courts.\n2.  Report.  Before implementing a mental health treatment court, the Judicial Department shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over judiciary matters on at least:\nA.  The funding mechanism and the expected duration of the funding;\nB.  The plans for the mental health treatment court, which must include an evaluation component to determine the efficacy of the treatment court on short-term and long-term bases;\nC.  The potential fiscal effects on the State; and\nD.  Recommended legislation to implement the mental health treatment court, if any.","path":["TITLE 4: JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 8-A: MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT COURTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/4/title4sec431.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"aff47144bd3db62caf095df74e6c68ae9c5559ff95ce3c40fb1f5d23d91430bf","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-423","next":"us-me/4-m.r.s.-433"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}