Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §5001, sub-§§1-B to 1-G are enacted to read:

1-B.__Advocate.__"Advocate" means an employee of the Office of Advocacy established in section 1205, unless a person or a person's guardian has designated another individual or organization to be the advocate, in which case it means the individual or organization so designated.

1-C.__Ally.__"Ally" means an individual who supports a person with mental retardation or autism.

1-D.__Autism.__"Autism" has the same meaning as in section 6002.

1-E.__Correspondent.__"Correspondent" means an individual designated as next friend of a person according to the following order of preference and principles:

A.__In the first instance, the person's private guardian;

B.__If the person does not have a guardian or has a public guardian, the person's parents or parent;

C.__If the parents are unavailable, and they have failed to designate an appropriate representative, the relative, if any, in closest relationship with the person; or

D.__If no correspondent can be designated according to this subsection, the correspondent is an appropriate individual assigned by the Consumer Advisory Board.

1-F.__Crisis.__"Crisis" means any incident, behavior, activity or pattern of activity that could lead to the loss of a person's residence, program or employment.

1-G.__Facility.__"Facility" means a place of residence operated by the department for persons with mental retardation or autism.

Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §5001, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 73, §4, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA §5001, sub-§3-B is enacted to read:

3-B.__Personal planning.__"Personal planning" is a planning process that focuses on the individual, provides real choice and