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AMHI Consent Decree

STATE OF MAINE
KENNEBEC, SS.

SUPERIOR COURT
CIVIL ACTION
DOCKET NO. 89 88

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

PAUL BATES, JOAN CAMERON,
Simone Johnson, guardian and
next friend of ROBERT JOHNSON,
RAYMOND DUTIL, JR., SHIRLEY
GIFFORD, MARTHA BRADEEN,
MATILDA PERRIN, Betty Chapman,
guardian and next friend of
TOM CONNORS, Janice Burns,
guardian and next friend of
WRENDY HAYNES, JOHN BARTON,
JOSEPH HORNING and
DANA LEONARD,

Plaintiffs

v.

ROBERT GLOVER, in his
capacity as Commissioner
of the Department of Mental
Health and Mental
Retardation, LINDA BRESLIN,
in her capacity as
Superintendent of the Augusta
Mental Health Institute, and
the MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL
HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION

and

H. ROLLIN IVES, in his
capacity as Commissioner of
the Department of Human
Services and the MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Defendants

 I. GENERAL JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS
 II. DEFINITIONS
 III. CLIENTS' RIGHTS
 IV. PRINCIPLES GOVERNING A COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
 V. DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
 VI. INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT PLANS
 VII. COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
 VIII. STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
 IX. STANDARDS GOVERNING AUGUSTA MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE
 X. STANDARDS GOVERNING TREATMENT OF MINORS
 XI. STANDARDS GOVERNING TREATMENT OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS
 XII. STANDARDS GOVERNING TREATMENT OF FORENSIC PATIENTS
 XIII. PUBLIC EDUCATION
 XIV. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC WARDS AND ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
 XV. PLANNING, BUDGETING AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
 XVI. MISCELLANEOUS
 XVIII. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT ROLE OF THE MASTER
 XIX. ENFORCEMENT
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