| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§3, ¶A-1 is enacted to read: |
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| A-1.__"Home support services" means rehabilitative | services, treatment services and living skills services | provided for a person with a mental illness.__"Home | support services" may be provided in a community setting | or the person's current place of residence, and are | services that promote the integration of the person into | the community, sustain the person in the person's current | living situation or another living situation of that | person's choosing and enhance the person's quality of | life. "Home support services" may be provided directly to | the person or indirectly through collateral contact or by | telephone contact or other means on behalf of the person.__ | "Home support services" includes, but is not limited to: |
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| (1)__Case management services and assertive community | treatment services; |
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| (2)__Medication education and monitoring; |
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| (3)__Crisis intervention and resolution services and | follow-up services; and |
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| (4)__Individual, group and family counseling | services. |
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| | Sec. 2. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 515, | §4, is amended to read: |
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| D. "Person suffering from a mental or nervous condition | illness" means a person whose psychobiological processes | are impaired severely enough to manifest problems in the | areas of social, psychological or biological functioning. | Such a person has a disorder of thought, mood, perception, | orientation or memory which that impairs judgment, | behavior, capacity to recognize or ability to cope with | the ordinary demands of life. The person manifests an | impaired capacity to maintain acceptable levels of | functioning in the areas of intellect, emotion or physical | well-being. |
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| | Sec. 3. 24 MRSA §2325-A, sub-§3, ¶F is enacted to read: |
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| F.__"Residential treatment services" means services at a | facility that provides care 24 hours daily to one or more | patients, including, but not limited to, the following | services: room and board; medical, nursing and dietary | services; patient diagnosis, assessment and treatment; | individual, family and group counseling; and educational and |
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