| An Act To Amend the Laws with Regard to Legislative Reports |
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| on Children's Mental Health Services |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §15003, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 790, Pt. | A, §1 and affected by §3, is amended to read: |
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| | 9. Reports. The department shall report by February 1st and | August 1st each year to the joint standing committee of the | Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services | matters and the committee on the following matters: |
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| A. The operation of the program, including fiscal status of | the accounts and funds from all sources, including blended, | pooled and flexible funding, related to children's mental | health care in the departments; numbers of children and | families served and their residences by county; numbers of | children transferred to care in this State and the types of | care to which they were transferred; any waiting lists; | delays in delivering services; the progress of the | departments in developing new resources; appeals procedures | requested, held and decided; the results of decided appeals | and audits; and evaluations done on the program; |
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| B. The experiences of the departments in coordinating program | administration and care delivery, including, but not |
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