Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1905 – Funds
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1905
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- Family planning: means informed and voluntary self-determination of desired family size and of the timing of child bearing based upon comprehensive knowledge of factors pertinent to this determination. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1902
- Family planning services: means medically safe and effective sexual and reproductive health care and education that enable persons to freely plan their children, avoid unintended pregnancy and maintain reproductive and sexual health through the provision of contraceptive supplies, contraceptive procedures and related counseling; the prevention and treatment of infertility; appropriate prenatal and obstetric care; the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted infections; and other services necessary for reproductive and sexual health. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1902
The department is authorized to receive and disburse such funds as may be available to it for family planning services to any nonprofit organization, public or private, engaged in providing such services. Family planning programs administered by the department may be developed in consultation, in coordination or on a contractual basis with other family planning agencies in this State, including, but not limited to, the Family Planning Association of Maine, Inc., and its affiliates. [PL 2019, c. 236, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 624, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 293, §4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2019, c. 236, §6 (AMD).