Sec. 19. 34-B MRSA §5476, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1983, c. 580, §23, is amended to read:

Any client recommended for admission to a mental retardation facility pursuant to section 5470 may be admitted by judicial commitment according to the following procedures.

Sec. 20. 34-B MRSA §5478, sub-§3, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 580, §26, is amended to read:

A. A prescriptive program personal plan or service plan, as provided in section 5470, has been agreed to by the superintendent chief administrative officer of the facility and the guardian;

Sec. 21. 34-B MRSA §5479, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read:

§5479. Post-admission responsibilities of the department

1. Provision of care and treatment. Post-admission care and treatment in a facility is governed as follows.

A. An initial service agreement for services to be received in the facility shall must be executed within 5 days of admission and shall must include a date, within 30 days of the client's admission to the facility, for a meeting of the persons who signed the agreement to assess and, if necessary, refine the client's prescriptive program personal plan or service plan.

B. While residing in the facility, the client shall must receive care, treatment and services only according to the procedures set forth in this section and in sections 5470 and section 5471.

2. Preparation for discharge. Preparation for a client's discharge from a facility is governed as follows.

A. When an interdisciplinary a planning team finds that the client may be ready for discharge and determines that temporary placement of the client in the community is required to assist in its evaluation of the client, the team may recommend that placement and shall develop a prescriptive program personal plan or service plan and