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LR 1972
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available, for those habilitation and vocational rehabilitation
services, defined in Title 26, section 1411-A, subsection 6, and
any other service, including, but not limited to, supported
employment, including work in rehabilitation facilities and work
centers, as defined in Title 5, chapter l55, subchapter II 2; job
coaching; transportation, recreational and leisure services; and
respite or day programs designed in consultation with an
interdisciplinary a planning team in order to make available to
persons receiving services those services that are otherwise not
obtainable, in the following order of priority:

 
A. Those persons receiving services who are living at home
or in unsubsidized foster care who are between 20 and 26
years of age and are not receiving any day program; and

 
B. All other persons receiving services who are between 20
and 26 years of age and are not receiving an appropriate day
program.

 
All persons receiving services who are served under this program
prior to their 26th birthday must be allowed to continue to
receive services through the voucher system established by
subsection 2.

 
For purposes of this section, an interdisciplinary a planning
team includes the person receiving services and a member of the
person's family or the guardian of the person receiving services.

 
Sec. 24. 34-B MRSA §5609, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt.
K, §61, is further amended to read:

 
2. Payment for service. The department shall establish a
voucher system to allow the interdisciplinary planning team to
incorporate only those services determined critical and otherwise
unavailable into a program, including work, habilitation and
other services designated in subsection l, when appropriate. The
department shall establish a limit on the amount of transitional
services available to persons receiving services eligible for
services under this section.

 
Sec. 25. 34-B MRSA §6252, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 503,
§12, is amended to read:

 
A. When considered necessary by an interdisciplinary a
planning team and with the consent of the director, persons
may be admitted to the Elizabeth Levinson Center short-term
evaluation program for a period of 40 program days,
excluding weekends, without certification.


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