Sec. 4. 34-B MRSA §5461, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is repealed.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

B. The prescriptive program plan process unnecessarily restricts the client's own ability to make decisions;

C. Another type of formal written program plan exists; or

D. The client has either a single service need or routine service coordination needs.

Sec. 6. 34-B MRSA §5462, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1983, c. 580, §15, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

B.__The development of a personal plan or service plan for the delivery and coordination of services to the person through a personal planning process.

Sec. 7. 34-B MRSA §5463, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 459, §7, is amended to read:

§5463. Notice

The commissioner shall provide the client, if he the client is competent,; the client's next of kin or guardian, if any exists,; and the client's advocate with timely written notice in advance of procedures and actions to be taken with respect to the development, implementation and assessment of prescriptive program personal plans and service plans.