Sections
Subchapter 1 Children’s Mental Health Program 15001 – 15003
Subchapter 2 Early Childhood Consultation Program 15011

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-B > Chapter 15 - Children's Mental Health Services

  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Blended funding: means funding from all sources from the budgets and funds of the departments that are combined to be used for the provision of care and services under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Board: means the Nutrient Management Review Board established in section 4203. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 4201
  • Care: means treatment, services and care for mental health needs, including but not limited to crisis intervention services, outpatient services, respite services, utilization management, acute care, chronic care, residential care, home-based care and hospitalization services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Child: means a person from birth to 20 years of age who needs care for one of the following reasons:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee, except that when the term "commissioner and only the commissioner" is used, the term applies only to the person appointed Commissioner of Health and Human Services and not to any designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Departments: means the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Dower: A widow
  • Family: means the child's family and includes, as applicable to the child, the child's parents, legal guardian and guardian ad litem. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Grantee: means the person to whom a freehold estate or interest in land is conveyed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • 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.
  • Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Nutrient management plan: means a written document that outlines how farm nutrients are stored, managed and utilized on the farm for which the plan is written. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 4201
  • Other departments: means the Department of Corrections and the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Program: means the Children's Mental Health Program established in section 15002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
  • Treatment: means the same as "care" as defined in subsection 2, for the purposes of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72