| | 4.__Determine if infant is abused or neglected.__Determine | whether or not the infant is abused or neglected and, if so, | determine the degree of harm or threatened harm in each case; |
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| | 5.__Develop plan for safe care.__For each infant whom the | department determines to be affected by illegal substance abuse | or to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms resulting from | prenatal drug exposure, develop, with the assistance of any | health care provider involved in the mother's or the child's | medical or mental health care, a plan for the safe care of the | infant and, in appropriate cases, refer the child or mother or | both to a social service agency or voluntary substance abuse | prevention service; and |
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| | 6.__Comply with section 4004.__For each infant whom the | department determines to be abused or neglected, comply with | section 4004, subsection 2, paragraphs E and F. |
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| | Sec. Z-2. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶G, as amended by PL 2001, c. 696, | §19, is further amended to read: |
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| G. The prospective adoptive parents. Prior to a child | being placed for the purpose of adoption, the department | shall comply with the requirements of Title 18-A, section 9- | 304, subsection (b) and section 8205; and |
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| | Sec. Z-3. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶H, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 696, | §20, is amended to read: |
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| H. Upon written request, a person having the legal | authorization to evaluate or treat a child, parent or | custodian who is the subject of a record. This includes a | member of a treatment team or group convened to plan for or | treat a child or family that is the subject of a record.; |
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| | Sec. Z-4. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶¶I and J are enacted to read: |
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| I.__Any government entity that needs such information in | order to carry out its responsibilities under law to protect | children from abuse and neglect.__For purposes of this | paragraph, "government entity" means a federal entity, a | state entity of any state, a local government entity of any | state or locality or an agent of a federal, state or local | government entity; and |
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| J.__To a juvenile court when the child who is the subject of | the records has been brought before the court pursuant to | Title 15, Part 6. |
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