Sec. 1. 34-B MRSA §5437, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 486, §2, is amended to read:

4. Disbursement not to be approved. No A disbursement for client needs may not be approved for any service or activity not recommended by interdisciplinary a planning team or necessary to comply with regulations. No A disbursement may not be made unless evidence is provided that the expense is not reimbursable by the Medicaid Program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the contingency fund established in this section be the funding source of last resort.

Sec. 2. 34-B MRSA §5461, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 34-B MRSA §5461, sub-§§8-B and 8-C are enacted to read:

8-B.__Personal planning process.__"Personal planning process" means a process of planning with a client for the coordination and delivery of supportive and other services through the development of a personal plan or service plan.__The type of plan, participants and agenda at the planning meeting must be selected by the client or guardian.

8-C.__Planning team.__"Planning team" means those persons, including at a minimum the client, the client's guardian and the client's individual support coordinator and others selected by the client or guardian to participate, who develop a personal plan or service plan.__The planning team may include family, friends, service providers, correspondents, advocates and others.

Sec. 4. 34-B MRSA §5461, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 34-B MRSA §5461, sub-§10-A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 580, §13, is amended to read:

10-A. Service plan. "Service plan" means an annual written one type of plan resulting from the personal planning process for the delivery and coordination of specific services to a client when the following conditions exist:

A. The client or guardian has waived the prescriptive program plan process chosen this type of plan over a personal plan; or