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| | | Resolve, To Enhance Services to Children and Families |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts and resolves of the Legislature do | | not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless | | enacted as emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Department of Human Services has proposed | | substantial changes to the foster care system to take effect May | | 15, 2003, including significant reductions in the State's | | expenditure on foster care for children; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, be it |
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| | | Sec. 1. Rulemaking. Resolved: That the Department of Human Services | | shall adopt rules regarding levels of foster care, including | | assessment of children and reimbursement rates. The Department | | of Human Services shall notify the Joint Standing Committee on | | Health and Human Services of any rule that is proposed pursuant | | to this resolve. Rules adopted pursuant to this resolve are | | routine technical rules as defined by the Maine Revised Statutes, | | Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this resolve takes effect when approved. |
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