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LR 2623
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Sec. A-13. 34-B MRSA §6205, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K,
§2, PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. J, §4 and PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §6, is
further amended to read:

 
§6205. Services for juveniles committed to the

 
youth development centers

 
1. Department authority. The department may provide
consultation services to any juvenile with mental retardation
committed to the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the
Mountain View Youth Development Center if those services are
requested by the Commissioner of Corrections or the
commissioner's designee. Consultation services may include
participation by appropriate department professionals on the
Clinical Services Classification Committee of the Long Creek
Youth Development Center or the Classification Committee of the
Mountain View Youth Development Center in order to assist in the
design of individual treatment plans to provide habilitation,
education and skill training to juveniles with mental retardation
in residence at the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the
Mountain View Youth Development Center.

 
2. Support services. Whenever a program has been designed
for a juvenile with mental retardation by the Clinical Services
Classification Committee of the Long Creek Youth Development
Center or the Classification Committee of the Mountain View Youth
Development Center and the clinical services classification
committee has included participation by the department
professionals, the department shall provide, insofar as possible,
support services to implement that program.

 
3. Case management. The department may provide case
management services to juveniles with mental retardation who are
released from the Long Creek Youth Development Center or the
Mountain View Youth Development Center.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 30-A MRSA §1561, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 461, §1,
is amended to read:

 
4. Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service
providers for services outside county jail. A county may pay to
a provider of a medical service for a prisoner an amount no
greater than the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider
and that service as established by rule of the Department of
Human Services for the MaineCare program under Title 22. This
limitation applies to all medical care services, goods,
prescription drugs and medications provided to a prisoner outside


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