Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §4038-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D, §45 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:

§4038-A. Transfer to District Court

If a case is transferred to the District Court pursuant to Title 18-A, section 9-205, the court shall conduct a hearing and enter a dispositional order using the same standards as set forth in section 4036. The court after the hearing and entering of a dispositional order shall conduct reviews in accordance with section 4038 and permanency planning hearings in accordance with section 4038-B.

Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §§4038-B to 4038-D are enacted to read:

§4038-B.__Permanency plans

1.__Mandated permanency planning hearing.__Unless subsequent judicial reviews are not required pursuant to section 4038, subsection 1-A, the District Court shall conduct a permanency planning hearing and shall determine a permanency plan within the earlier of:

A.__Thirty days after a court order to cease reunification; and

B.__Twelve months after the time a child is considered to have entered foster care.__A child is considered to have entered foster care on the date of the first judicial finding that the child has been subjected to child abuse or neglect or on the 60th day after removal of the child from home, whichever occurs first.

2.__Subsequent permanency planning hearings.__Unless subsequent judicial reviews are not required pursuant to section 4038, subsection 1-A, the District Court shall conduct a permanency planning hearing within 12 months of the date of any prior permanency planning order.

3.__Permanency planning orders.__After each permanency planning hearing, the District Court shall adopt a permanency plan for a child that complies with subsection 4.__The court

shall enter the order within the time limitations contained in subsection 1 or 2, whichever is applicable to the permanency planning hearing.