| This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human |
| Services to establish a facility in southern Maine to serve as a |
| residential facility for young adults who are in need of |
| continuous care to treat their physical disabilities and who |
| would otherwise be eligible for treatment in a nursing facility. |
| The resolve directs the department to seek to establish and |
| operate this facility within existing resources but authorizes |
| the department to seek an appropriation should existing resources |
| not be sufficient. It further directs the department to report |
| on the status of the residential facility, its costs and the |
| extent to which it can be used as a model to develop additional |
| community placements for disabled individuals. |
