| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §1201, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7 and | | amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §82 and affected by §83, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | There is established a Department of Mental Health, Mental | Retardation and Substance Abuse Services | | and Developmental Services. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Transition. The following provisions apply to the | | reassignment of the duties and responsibilities of the Department | | of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services | | to the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services. |
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| | | 1. The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services is | | the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions | | transferred under this Act and formerly held by the Department of | | Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. |
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| | | 2. All rules, regulations and procedures of the Department of | | Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services in | | effect upon the effective date of this Act remain in effect until | | rescinded, revised or amended. |
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| | | 3. All contracts, agreements and compacts of the Department | | of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services | | in effect upon the effective date of this Act remain in effect | | until they expire or are altered by the parties involved in the | | contracts, agreements or compacts. |
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| | | 4. Any positions authorized and allocated, subject to the | | personnel laws, to the Department of Mental Health, Mental | | Retardation and Substance Abuse Services are transferred to the | | Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services and may | | continue to be authorized. |
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| | | 5. All records, property and equipment previously belonging | | to or allocated for the use of the Department of Mental Health, | | Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services become, on the | | effective date of this Act, the property of the Department of | | Behavioral and Developmental Services. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in the | | Maine Revised Statutes the words "Department of Mental Health, | | Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services" appear or | | reference is made to those words or that department, they are | | amended to read and mean "Department of Behavioral and | | Developmental Services" or that department, and the Revisor |
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