TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE

Maine Community College System - Board

of Trustees 0556

Initiative: Provides for the appropriation of funds as a result of the divestiture of the Retiree Health Insurance Fund.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $1,100,000

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General Fund Total $0 $1,100,000

PART VV

Sec. VV-1. Position authorization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Public Safety is authorized to establish 2 State Police Sergeant project positions to be temporarily assigned to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for each training class.

PART WW

Sec. WW-1. 26 MRSA §1412-G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 2, Pt. W, §1 and c. 465, §5, is repealed.

Sec. WW-2. 26 MRSA §1412-H is enacted to read:

§1412-H.__Program of state-funded consumer-directed personal care

assistance services

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"Applicant" means a person who has applied or is applying for services through the program.

B.__"Bureau" means the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services within the department, which is the lead agency for administering the program.

C.__"Consumer" means a person who has been determined to be eligible under subsection 3.

D.__"Program" means the program of state-funded consumer- directed personal care assistance services.