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This resolve directs the University of Maine System to convene a task force to create a court navigation program plan. In developing the plan, the task force must examine court navigation programs nationwide and recommend a model for a court navigation program for use in this State. The court navigation program must provide guidance and information about court processes and procedures to persons involved with the court system. The court navigation program also must refer persons involved with the court system to community- based resources related to their behavioral health needs, such as mental health treatment and substance use disorder treatment, and their economic and social service-related needs, such as housing, employment, transportation and food, in order to address those needs. The task force must consider experiential learning opportunities for social work students and law students who assist in the court navigation program to earn academic credit. No later than December 3, 2025, the task force must submit a report that includes the court navigation program plan, including a model for a court navigation program for use in this State, and that includes suggested legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary. The joint standing committee may report out legislation based on the subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.

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Rachel Talbot Ross (D)*,  Pinny Beebe-Center (D),  Anne Carney (D),  Rachel Henderson (R),  Amy Kuhn (D),  Adam Lee (D),  Dani O'Halloran (D),  Jennifer Poirier (R),  Peggy Rotundo (D),  David Sinclair (D), 

HELD BY THE GOVERNOR. (on 07/08/2025)

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