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| The Department of Health and Human Services may administer a | program of Medicaid coverage for speech and hearing services, | psychological services, occupational therapy and any other services | provided by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of | Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf that qualify | for reimbursement under the United States Social Security Act, | Title XIX. The Department of Education has fiscal responsibility | for providing the State's match for federal revenues acquired under | this section. Any funds received as Medicaid reimbursement must be | retained by the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of | Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. |
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| | Sec. 14. 22 MRSA §4088, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 265, §4, is | amended to read: |
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| | 7. Access to records related to Maine Educational Center for | the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for | the Deaf. Notwithstanding Title 20-A, section 6101, subsection | 2, when the team is conducting an investigation of a person at | the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and | the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf who is subject to | licensure by the Department of Education, the Maine Educational | Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter | School for the Deaf and the Department of Education shall | disclose to the team records related to: |
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| A. Background checks related to the person; |
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| B. The person's credentials; |
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| C. Any conduct on the part of the person related to the | allegation; and |
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| D. Any action taken by the Maine Educational Center for the | Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for | the Deaf or the Department of Education in response to | conduct of any person at the Maine Educational Center for | the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School | for the Deaf that is similar to the allegation. |
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| | Sec. 15. 26 MRSA §962, sub-§7, ķA, as amended by PL 2003, c. 646, §3, | is further amended to read: |
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| A. Any officer, board, commission, council, committee or | other persons or body acting on behalf of: |
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| (1) Any municipality or any subdivision of a | municipality; |
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