| | | 7.__Duties.__The board shall advise the commissioner and | | assist the commissioner in long-term planning on an ongoing basis | | regarding state policy relating to services and programs for | | adults, children and families.__The board shall establish | | committees as needed to assist in its work. |
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| | | 8.__Reporting.__The board shall report annually to the | | Governor and the committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over health and human services matters. |
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| | | Sec. B-1. Transition. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, | | Title 22 and Title 34-B, the following provisions apply to the | | reassignment of the duties and responsibilities of the Department | | of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral and | | Developmental Services to the Department of Health and Human | | Services. |
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| | | 1. The Department of Human Services and the Department of | | Behavioral and Developmental Services as heretofore created and | | established by law are incorporated into the Department of Health | | and Human Services. All references to, responsibilities of and | | authority conferred upon the Department of Human Services and the | | Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, and those | | departments' predecessors, throughout the Maine Revised Statutes | | are deemed to refer to and vest in the Department of Health and | | Human Services created by this Act, as the successor department. | | The Department of Health and Human Services is the successor in | | every way to the powers, duties and functions as assigned in the | | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22 to the Department of Human | | Services and Title 34-B to the Department of Behavioral and | | Developmental Services, as they pertain to services provided to | | adults, children and families under this Act. |
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| | | 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 5, all accrued expenditures, assets, liabilities, | | balances of appropriations, allocations, transfers, revenues or | | other available funds in an account or subdivision of an account | | of the Department of Human Services and the Department of | | Behavioral and Developmental Services that pertain to the duties | | of the Department of Health and Human Services as set forth in | | this Act must be transferred to the proper accounts of the | | Department of Health and Human Services by the State Controller | | or by financial order upon the request of the State Budget | | Officer and with the approval of the Governor. |
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| | | 3. All rules of the Department of Human Services and the | | Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services as they |
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