§5470-A.__Personal planning process

1.__Process.__The personal planning process must:

A.__Be understandable to the client and in plain language, and if the client is deaf or nonverbal, uses sign language or speaks another language, the process must include qualified interpreters;

B.__Focus on the client's choice;

C.__Reflect and be supportive of the client's goals and aspirations;

D.__Be developed at the direction of the client and include people whom the client chooses to participate;

E.__Be flexible enough to change as new opportunities arise;

F.__Be reviewed according to a specified schedule and by a person designated for monitoring;

G.__Include all of the needs and desires of the client without respect to whether those desires are reasonably achievable or the needs are presently capable of being addressed; and

H.__Include a provision for ensuring the client's satisfaction with the quality of the plan and the supports that the client receives.

Sec. 15. 34-B MRSA §5471, as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §58, is further amended to read:

§5471. Service agreements

1. Service agreement required. Each prescriptive program personal plan or service plan shall must be carried out pursuant to a written service agreement.

2. Signatures. Each service agreement shall must be signed and dated by at least:

A. The client, if he the client is able;

B. The client's guardian or next of kin, if that person exists and is available;