§ 34-B §5461 — Definitions

As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Advocate.
"Advocate" means a person:
2.
Client.
"Client" means a person asking the department for adult developmental services or the person for whom those services are asked.
3.
Community.
"Community" means the municipality or other area in which the client resides when applying for services.
4.
Comprehensive evaluation.
"Comprehensive evaluation" means a comprehensive set of evaluations that:
5.
Facility.
6.
Habilitation.
"Habilitation" means a process by which a person is assisted to acquire and maintain skills that:
7.
Interdisciplinary team.
7-A.
Likelihood of serious harm.
8.
Person in need of institutional services.
8-B.
Personal planning process.
"Personal planning process" means a process of planning with a client for the coordination and delivery of supportive and other services through the development of a personal plan or service plan. The type of plan, participants and agenda at the planning meeting must be selected by the client or guardian.
8-C.
Planning team.
"Planning team" means those persons, including at a minimum the client, the client's guardian and the client's individual support coordinator and others selected by the client or guardian to participate, who develop a personal plan or service plan. The planning team may include family, friends, service providers, correspondents, advocates and others.
9.
Prescriptive program plan.
10.
Professional.
"Professional" means:
10-A.
Service plan.
"Service plan" means one type of plan resulting from the personal planning process for the delivery and coordination of specific services to a client when:
11.
Service agreement.
"Service agreement" means a written form in which the persons designated in section 5471 agree to the type of services and programs for and the manner of providing services to the client.
12.
Voluntary admission.

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 580, §§11-14 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 389, §§2-5 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §§104-107 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 21, §§3-5 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §§99, 100 (COR).