Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §7727, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 843, §3, is amended to read:

3. Rule-making authority. The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. Rules adopted pursuant to this chapter that establish and maintain a statewide network that ensures the provisions of Childfind for families and children from birth to 5 years of age and rules governing the eligibility for and delivery of free appropriate public education to children with disabilities from birth to 5 years of age and their families are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

SUMMARY

This bill designates as major substantive rules those rules establishing and maintaining a statewide network that ensures the provisions of Childfind and rules governing the eligibility for and delivery of free appropriate public education for children with disabilities from birth to 5 years of age and their families.