LD 1593
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LR 1972
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service agreement which shall that must include provisions to
ensure that:

 
(1) The client's money is adequately managed;

 
(2) The client has a legal representative, if required;

 
(3) The client receives needed services in the community;
and

 
(4) The client's parent or guardian, if available,
continues to be involved with the client.

 
B. The chief administrative officer of the facility may
release the client pursuant to such a recommendation for
community placement through the regional office.

 
3. Role of the regional office. The role of the regional
office under this section is as follows.

 
A. The regional office which that will have responsibility
for the client shall must be included in the preparation of
the prescriptive program personal plan or service plan and
service agreement specified in subsection 2.

 
B. The regional office shall be is responsible for
implementing the client's release.

 
C. The regional office shall, along with the other members
of the interdisciplinary planning team, evaluate the success
of the client's reintegration into the community and shall
assist in obtaining the client's discharge when assured that
the provisions of the prescriptive program personal plan or
service plan and service agreement have been met.

 
Sec. 22. 34-B MRSA §5480, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7,
is amended to read:

 
2. Discharge. When a judicially certified client is prepared
for discharge, under section 5479, subsection 2, he shall the
client must be discharged if the regional office and the
interdisciplinary planning team so recommend.

 
Sec. 23. MRSA §5609, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K,
§60, is further amended to read:

 
1. Habilitation services. The department and the Department
of Labor, through the Office of Rehabilitation Services, shall
provide, to the extent of the resources


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