LD 1622
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Section 49 corrects a cross-reference. The Maine Sunset Act
was repealed in 1989; in 1995 the State Government Evaluation Act
was enacted to provide a systematic review of agencies of State
Government. Section 49 changes the reference from "Maine Sunset
Act" to the statutory reference for the State Government
Evaluation Act.

 
Public Law 2003, chapter 689, Part B, section 7 directs the
Revisor of Statutes to replace both "Commissioner of Human
Services" and "Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental
Services" with "Commissioner of Health and Human Services." Title
22, section 7924 requires written reports of certain violations
to be made to both of those commissioners. Sections 50 and 51
change a reference from "Department of Health and Human Services"
to "department," since "department" is defined for Title 22 as
the Department of Health and Human Services. Section 50 also
changes a reference from "Commissioner of Health and Human
Services" to "commissioner," since "commissioner" is defined for
Title 22 as the Commissioner of Health and Human Services.
Section 51 also makes a technical change. Section 52 changes
references from "Commissioner of Human Services" and
"Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services" to
"commissioner," since "commissioner" is defined in Title 22 as
the Commissioner of Health and Human Services.

 
Public Law 2003, chapter 689, Part B, section 7 directs the
Revisor of Statutes to replace both "Commissioner of Human
Services" and "Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental
Services" with "Commissioner of Health and Human Services." Title
22, section 7933, subsection 2 requires the Commissioner of Human
Services to work with the Commissioner of Behavioral and
Developmental Services in bringing an action to request the
appointment of a receiver to operate a private psychiatric
hospital. Section 53 repeals that requirement.

 
Public Law 2003, chapter 689, Part B, section 7 directs the
Revisor of Statutes to replace both "Commissioner of Human
Services" and "Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental
Services" with "Commissioner of Health and Human Services." Title
22, section 8104, subsection 1 requires the Commissioner of Human
Services, the Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental
Services and the Commissioner of Education to jointly establish a
method for interagency licensing of residential child care
facilities. Section 54 repeals one of the references to the
Commissioner of Health and Human Services to eliminate the
redundancy created by the revision clause.

 
Section 55 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2003,
chapters 656 and 677, which affected the same provision of law,
by incorporating the changes made by both laws.


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