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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. |
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| | Sec. 22. 34-B MRSA §5480, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, | is amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 23. 34-B MRSA §5609, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. | K, §60, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Habilitation services. The department and the Department | of Labor, through the Office of Rehabilitation Services, shall | provide, to the extent of the resources 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: |
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| 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 |
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| B. All other persons receiving services who are between 20 | and 26 years of age and are not receiving an appropriate day | program. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 24. 34-B MRSA §5609, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. | K, §61, is further amended to read: |
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