Sec. 39. 22 MRSA §8823, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 647, §2, is amended to read:

C. A representative of hospitals, a representative of health carriers, a representative of the Child Development Services System established in Title 20-A, section 7724 early childhood special education program referred to in Title 20-A, chapters 301 and 303 and a representative of the department.

Sec. 40. 26 MRSA §962, sub-§7, ¶A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 279, §15, is further amended to read:

A. Any officer, board, commission, council, committee or other persons or body acting on behalf of:

(1) Any municipality or any subdivision of a municipality;

(2) Any school, water, sewer, fire or other district;

(3) The Maine Turnpike Authority;

(4) Any board of directors functioning as a regional intermediate education unit pursuant to Title 20-A, section 7730;

(5) Any county or subdivision of a county;

(6) The Maine State Retirement System; or

(7) The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf;

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

This bill consolidates and reorganizes the delivery of early childhood special education services including the child development services system to achieve efficiencies of cost and effectiveness of childhood special education programs.