(2) Staff training and professional development;

(3) Regional structure and administrative functions; and

(4) The employment status of division directors;

C. Program and service delivery functions, including:

(1) A seamless system of care at the local level;

(2) Information and referral, intake and case management services;

(3) Guardianship and conservatorship services;

(4) Resolution of consumer, provider and public inquiries and complaints;

(5) Advocacy services; and

(6) Long-term care ombuds services;

D. Advisory boards, including:

(1) Integration and consolidation of existing advisory boards, councils and commissions that serve the Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services; and

(2) Opportunities to ensure that advisory bodies to the new department operate efficiently and effectively; and

E. The child welfare ombudsman program established as an independent program within the Executive Department under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 4087-A. In developing recommendations regarding this program, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) Program independence and structure; and

(2) The 2003 annual report of the ombudsman submitted pursuant to Title 22, section 4087-A, subsection 10.

Following receipt and review of the report, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and