A-1.__"Center council" consists of representatives elected from each of the 4 population-specific committees of the network quality council that is responsible for decisions or recommendations that pertain to the network quality council as a whole or 2 or more of its committees.

A-2.__"Committee" or "population-specific committee" is a group of members who have responsibility for decisions or recommendations that pertain to the specific population to which the work of the committee is dedicated.

Sec. 11. 34-B MRSA §3607, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 371, §2, is further amended to read:

B. "Consumer" means a an adult or child recipient or former recipient of publicly funded mental health, mental retardation, developmental disability or substance abuse services or an adult who has or had a major mental illness.

Sec. 12. 34-B MRSA §3607, sub-§1, ¶¶C and H, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 691, §7, are amended to read:

C. "Council" means a network quality improvement council or an institute council approved by the commissioner pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph D. A local council consists of the center council plus its 4 population-specific committees.

H. "Service provider" or "provider" means a person or organization providing publicly funded mental health services to consumers or family members under the authority of the department.

Sec. 13. 34-B MRSA §3607, sub-§1, ¶I is enacted to read:

I.__"Stakeholders" collectively refers to those people identified in paragraphs A, B, D, F and H.

Sec. 14. 34-B MRSA §3607, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 691, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

2.__Councils established.__There is established an approved network quality council for each area designated in subsection 3, referred to in this section as "local council," and for the Augusta Mental Health Institute and the Bangor Mental Health Institute, referred to in this section as "institute council." The councils operate under the authority of the department.__Each council consists of members chosen pursuant to paragraphs B and C.