§ 15001 Definitions
§ 15002 Children’s Mental Health Program established
§ 15003 Responsibilities of the departments

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-B > Chapter 15 > Subchapter 1 - Children's Mental Health Program

  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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.
  • Program: means the Children's Mental Health Program established in section 15002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 15001
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • 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
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72