Sec. B-1. Rule-making requirements. Rules adopted by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services for the purposes of adopting screening instruments regarding functional impairments in children pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 15003, subsection 2, paragraph A must be adopted by October 1, 1998.
Sec. B-2. Comprehensive system of services for children with autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation. The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, referred to in this section as the "department," in consultation and cooperation with the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services, shall design a comprehensive system of services for children with autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation. The department shall consult with providers, including psychologists and psychiatrists; persons with autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation and their families; the Maine
Developmental Disabilities Council; the Interdepartmental Committee on Transition; and consumer and family groups representing children with autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation and their families.
1. Plan development. The department shall define autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services and assign areas of responsibility and accountability for providing those services.
2. Review of services. The department shall review existing autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services provided by the departments.
3. Analysis of need. The department shall analyze the current need for autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services and any gaps and duplications in service delivery.
4. Study contracting. The department shall study contracting with public and private agencies and providers of autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services.
5. Design system. Using the framework of the Children's Mental Health Program as established in Part A of this Act under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 15002, the department shall design a system for delivering autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services, including a system for delivering those services to persons in the most need.
6. Develop recommendations. The department shall develop recommendations, including statutory and budgetary changes, necessary to achieve the system designed under subsection 5.
7. Report. By December 15, 1998, the department shall submit a comprehensive plan for the delivery of autism, developmental disabilities and mental retardation services and may submit proposed legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters.
Sec. B-3. Effective date. This Part takes effect July 1, 1998.
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