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on the activities of the Consumer Advisory Board established | by the community consent decree to oversee compliance with the | terms of that decree. The commissioner or the commissioner's | designee shall appear in person before the committee and shall | provide the committee with the most recent annual audit of | decree standards and the corrective action plans required by | the audit. The members of the Consumer Advisory Board may | attend the commissioner's presentation and provide an | independent report of its activities to the committee. |
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| | | I.__Work toward the creation of broad public support for and | | acceptance of persons with mental retardation or autism in | | the communities of the State through public education and | | training directed to health care providers, professionals, | | law enforcement personnel, municipalities and recreational, | | avocational and spiritual providers and the public at large; | | and |
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| | | J.__Maintain an adequate record-keeping system that must, at | | a minimum, be sufficient to generate reliable information | | for accurately representing the desires and needs of the | | person served by the department.__The system must include, | | but is not limited to, an electronic system of managing | | information with the capacity to generate accurate data for | | budget and planning purposes. |
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| | | 3. Plan. The commissioner shall prepare a plan, subject to | the following provisions. |
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| | A. The plan must indicate the most effective and efficient | manner in which to implement services and programs for | persons with mental retardation, while safeguarding and | respecting the legal and human rights of these persons. |
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| | B. The plan must be prepared once every 2 years and must be | submitted to the joint standing committee of the Legislature | having jurisdiction over health and human services matters | by no later than January 15th of every odd-numbered year. |
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| | C. The committee shall study the plan and make | recommendations to the Legislature with respect to funding | improvements in programs and services to persons with mental | retardation. |
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| | D. The plan must describe the system of mental retardation | services in each of the mental retardation service regions | and statewide. |
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