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| | Sec. S-1. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§1-B is enacted to read: |
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| | 1-B.__Day habilitation services.__"Day habilitation services" | means services: |
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| A.__That are provided by community-based agencies to | children or adults with mental retardation and include | assistance with the acquisition, retention or improvement of | self-help, socialization and adaptive living skills; and |
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| B.__That take place in a nonresidential setting separate | from the home or facility in which the child or adult | resides, except when a physician has ordered that such | services be provided in the child's or adult's home, and | focus on enabling the child or adult to attain or maintain | maximum functional levels. |
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| "Day habilitation services" includes only those services provided | by designated agencies under a contract with the Department of | Health and Human Services. |
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| | Sec. S-2. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§7-B is enacted to read: |
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| | 7-B.__Personal support services.__"Personal support services" | means services provided to children or adults with mental | retardation, including direct assistance with eating, bathing, | dressing, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living. | These services include only those services provided by designated | agencies under a contract with the Department of Health and Human | Services and: |
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| A.__May include assistance with instrumental activities of | daily living such as assistance with the preparation of | meals, but does not include the cost of the meals | themselves; |
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| B.__If specified in the child's or adult's care plan, may | include such housekeeping chores as bed making, dusting and | vacuuming that are incidental to the care furnished, or are | essential to the health and welfare of the child or the | adult; and |
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| C.__May be provided by a provider unrelated to the child or the | adult or by an adult relative other than an adult |
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