| B. The prescriptive program plan process unnecessarily | restricts the client's own ability to make decisions; |
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| C. Another type of formal written program plan exists; or |
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| D. The client has either a single service need or routine | service coordination needs. |
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| | Sec. 6. 34-B MRSA §5462, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1983, c. 580, | §15, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| B.__The development of a personal plan or service plan for | the delivery and coordination of services to the person | through a personal planning process. |
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| | Sec. 7. 34-B MRSA §5463, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is | amended to read: |
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| | The commissioner shall provide the client, if he the client is | competent,; the client's next of kin or guardian, if any exists,; | and the client's advocate with timely written notice in advance | of procedures and actions to be taken with respect to the | development, implementation and assessment of prescriptive | program personal plans and service plans. |
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| | Sec. 8. 34-B MRSA §5465, sub-§2, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. | 459, §7, are amended to read: |
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| A. The membership, functions and procedures of the | interdisciplinary planning teams; |
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| B. The procedures to be used in developing prescriptive | programs personal plans and service plans and service | agreements; |
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| | Sec. 9. 34-B MRSA §5467, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §56, | is further amended to read: |
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| §5467. Application and preliminary procedures |
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| | 1. Application. An application for mental retardation | services, on a form provided by the commissioner, must be | initiated at or referred to a regional office of the department. | Except for referrals identifying a possible need for adult | protective services, the department shall accept only those | referrals to which the client or client's guardian has consented. |
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