1. Steps. It is the policy of the State that, in order to ensure that persons with intellectual disabilities or autism receive needed services, to the extent possible, the following steps must be taken for each person found by the department to have an intellectual disability or autism and be in need of services:
A. An assessment of the person’s needs; [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
B. The development of a personal plan or service plan for the delivery and coordination of services to the person through a personal planning process; and [PL 2013, c. 21, §6 (AMD).]
C. [PL 2013, c. 21, §7 (RP).]
D. Insofar as possible, obtaining high quality and suitable services for the person. [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]

[PL 2013, c. 21, §§6, 7 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5462

  • Advocate: means a person:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intellectual disability: means a condition of significantly subaverage intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Person: means an adult with an intellectual disability or autism. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Personal planning: means a process that assists and supports each person who has an intellectual disability or autism in creating a vision for how to live in and be a part of the community. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • 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:
    • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
    2. Persons involved with procedures. It is the policy of the State that:
    A. To the extent possible, the person with an intellectual disability or autism and the person’s guardian or next of kin be involved with the steps specified in subsection 1; and [PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §108 (AMD).]
    B. An advocate be available to the person with an intellectual disability or autism throughout the steps specified in subsection 1. [PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §108 (AMD).]

    [PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §108 (AMD).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 580, §15 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 389, §6 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §108 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 21, §§6, 7 (AMD).
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