Maine § 34-B §5201 Duties

Maine Statutes

§ 34-B §5201 — Duties

Maine § 34-B §5201

Title 34-BBEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Ch. 5INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND AUTISM

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 34-B, § 34-B §5201 (2026).

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The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for:

1.Institutional programs.

2.Statewide system. The planning, promotion, coordination and development of a complete and integrated statewide system of services for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism;

3.Liaison. Serving as liaison, coordinator and consultant to the several state departments in order to develop the statewide system of services for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism;

4.Community-based services. Ensuring that adults with intellectual disabilities or autism residing in community residential facilities, including nursing homes, boarding homes, foster homes, group homes or halfway houses licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services, are provided, insofar as possible, with reside

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The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for:
1.
Institutional programs.
2.
Statewide system.
The planning, promotion, coordination and development of a complete and integrated statewide system of services for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism;
3.
Liaison.
Serving as liaison, coordinator and consultant to the several state departments in order to develop the statewide system of services for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism;
4.
Community-based services.
Ensuring that adults with intellectual disabilities or autism residing in community residential facilities, including nursing homes, boarding homes, foster homes, group homes or halfway houses licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services, are provided, insofar as possible, with residential accommodations and access to habilitation services appropriate to their needs;
5.
Protective and supportive services.
Providing protective and supportive services, in accordance with section 5203, to incapacitated and dependent persons who, with some assistance, are capable of living and functioning in society;
6.
Individual support coordinators.
Providing persons with intellectual disabilities or autism who are eligible for MaineCare services with case management services.
7.
Crisis and respite.
Provision of crisis and respite services to persons with intellectual disabilities or autism in accordance with section 5206; and
8.
Quality assurance.
Developing through its comprehensive planning process goals and objectives for the department’s quality assurance program.
9.
Rules.
The department shall adopt rules to implement this section as necessary. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 410, §CCC28 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 738, §E1 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 738, §E6 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 560, §K47 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 560, §K83 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2007, c. 356, §18 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 356, §31 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §§91, 92 (AMD).