E. In the custody or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections Human Services, including, but not limited to, a juvenile on conditional release, an informally adjusted juvenile, a probationer or a juvenile on aftercare status from the Maine Youth Center and who is placed, for reasons other than educational reasons, pursuant to a court order or with the agreement of an authorized agent of the Department of Corrections Human Services, outside the juvenile's home.

Sec. 11. 22 MRSA §3789-B, first ¶, as corrected by RR 1995, c. 2, §43, is amended to read:

The Interdepartmental Welfare Reform Committee, referred to in this section as the "committee," is established. The committee consists of the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Labor, the President of the Maine Technical College System, the Commissioner of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, the Director of the Office of Substance Abuse, the Commissioner of Corrections or a designee from the Maine Youth Center named by the Commissioner of Human Services and the Commissioner of Human Services, who serves as chair. The committee shall monitor the efforts of the state departments involved in welfare reform and ensure cooperation among those departments.

Sec. 12. 22 MRSA c. 1687 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 1687

SUBCHAPTER I

MAINE YOUTH CENTER

§8901.__Maine Youth Center

The Maine Youth Center is established under the authority of the commissioner, who shall appoint the Superintendent of the Maine Youth Center who shall act as the chief administrative officer of the Maine Youth Center.__The commissioner may perform any legal act relating to the care, custody, treatment, relief and improvement of juveniles or may purchase residential services when the department's correctional and detention facilities do not provide the appropriate services for a juvenile.__The commissioner may designate personnel to assist in the development of community correctional programs at the county level and to