5. Analyze problems and causes of problems that create residential blight. In implementing this subsection, the interagency task force council and the state authority shall monitor the 4 demonstration zones and develop findings and recommendations concerning neighborhood deterioration and revitalization; and

Sec. B-13. 30-A MRSA §5055, first ¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 871, §6, is further amended to read:

The state authority and the interagency task force council shall develop models for the revitalization of deteriorating residential areas in urban areas based on the results of the study and monitoring of the demonstration zones as provided in section 5052. The state authority and the interagency task force council shall review and evaluate the plans and programs applied to the demonstration zones and report their preliminary findings and recommendations to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing matters by December 30, 1992 and December 30, 1993, with a final report to be submitted by December 30, 1994. This final report must include:

Sec. B-14. 34-B MRSA §1221, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. XX, §4, is amended to read:

The regional housing coordinator for each region shall convene a working group annually to develop a plan that states how mental health or substance abuse services needed by individuals using homeless shelters will be provided. Each working group shall submit a plan annually to the local quality improvement council established pursuant to section 3607. The local quality improvement council shall review the plan and submit it, with any suggested changes, to the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Housing Opportunities Statewide Homeless Council, established pursuant to Title 30-A, section 5041 5046.

SUMMARY

Part A of this bill replaces the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Housing Opportunities with the Statewide Homeless Council, whose membership is designed to better coordinate and establish statewide policies on homelessness. This bill specifies that current members of the Interagency Task