34-B §3621. Crisis Intervention Program established

34-B ME Rev Stat § 3621 (2019) (N/A)
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§3621. Crisis Intervention Program established

The department shall establish the Crisis Intervention Program to serve Penobscot, Hancock, Piscataquis and Washington Counties. This shall be a community-based program to provide counseling, consultation, evaluation, treatment and referral, education and training services, delivered by a crisis intervention team. The program shall provide the following services:   [PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §21 (NEW).]

1.  Emergency room services.  Crisis intervention and psychiatric emergency services based in a hospital emergency room;

[PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §21 (NEW).]

2.  Outreach services.  Outreach services and crisis intervention beyond the hospital setting; and

[PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §21 (NEW).]

3.  Telephone hot-line services.  A community-based telephone crisis intervention hot-line offering 24-hour, 7-days-a-week counseling, consultation, evaluation, treatment and referral services.

[PL 1987, c. 349, Pt. H, §21 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 349, §H21 (NEW).