| | | 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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