Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1703

  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
The department shall have authority to accept any federal law now in effect or hereafter enacted which makes federal funds available for public health services of all kinds and to meet such federal requirements with respect to the administration of such funds as are required as conditions precedent to receiving federal funds. The department, subject to the approval of the Governor, shall have authority to accept funds from other sources for the same purposes. [PL 1975, c. 771, §215 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1965, c. 231, §2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §215 (AMD).