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materials provided to persons served by the department, as well as | to guardians and allies.__It must be included in personal plans as | well as in other documents where there is a denial of services to | persons served by the department.__It must be written in simple and | easily understood language. |
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| | 3.__Training.__Departmental staff must receive regular | training in the appeal and grievance process. |
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| | 4.__Rulemaking.__The department shall fully establish the | grievance and appeal process through rulemaking by December 31, | 1999.__The rules are routine technical rules in accordance with | Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A and must include, but are | not limited, strict time frames for the resolution of grievances | filed by persons served by the department. |
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| | Sec. 49. 34-B MRSA §5470, as amended by PL 1983, c. 580, §21, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 50. 34-B MRSA §5470-A is enacted to read: |
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| §5470-A.__Personal planning |
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| | 1.__Right to personal planning.__A person who is eligible for | services must be afforded the opportunity to engage in a personal | planning process. |
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| | 2.__Process.__The personal planning process is an ongoing | process, one that neither begins nor ends with a meeting with the | person.__The planning process must include participants chosen by | the person.__The planning process may include the person's | guardian and individual support coordinator.__The planning | process may also include participation or input by friends, | service providers, advocates and others.__Needs that the person | may not want to address, but that need to be addressed because of | concerns for the person's health, safety or welfare, will be | identified through the planning process in a way that is both | respectful of the person and involves the person to the degree | possible. |
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| | 3.__Action plan.__The personal planning process must include | an action plan that describes the services to be provided, the | process of providing the services and who is responsible for | overseeing the provision of the services. |
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| | 4.__Review of personal plan.__The person with mental | retardation or autism or another member of the planning team may | initiate a review of the person's plan, whenever a review is | needed. |
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