Public Laws

Chapter 695

H.P. 1615 - L.D. 2252

PART D

Sec. D-1. 34-B MRSA §1216, sub-§4,  as repealed and replaced by PL 2007, c. 356, §6 and affected by §31, is amended to read:

Sec. D-2. PL 2007, c. 356, §30, sub-§1  is amended to read:

1. Correspondent program. The Maine Developmental Services Oversight and Advisory Board, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 61-A and referred to in this section as "the board," shall work with the Department of Health and Human Services to improve and promote the correspondent program operated by the Consumer Advisory Board established pursuant to Title 34-B, section 1216. No later than January 1, 2009 One hundred and twenty days after the establishment, the board shall present a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters, together with a proposed plan that provides for the independent operation of the correspondent program with oversight by the board. After receipt and review of the report, the joint standing committee may submit a bill to the 124th Legislature.

Sec. D-3. PL 2007, c. 356, §31  is amended to read:

Sec. 31. Effective dates. This Act takes effect November 1, 2007, except that the following sections take effect upon elimination of the Consumer Advisory Board pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 1216, subsection 4 on the later of January 1, 2009 and 45 days after the United States District Court releases the State from all obligations under the community consent decree, Consumer Advisory Board et al. v. Glover, No. 91-321-P-C (D. Me., September 28, 1994):

1. Those sections That section of this Act that repeal Title 3, section 959, subsection 1, paragraph F, and repeals Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 61;

2. That section Those sections of this Act that amends amend Title 3, section 959, subsection 1, paragraph F and Title 34-B, section 5605, subsection 13, paragraph B; and

3. Those sections of this Act that enact Title 5, section 12004-J, subsection 15 and Title 34-B, section 1223.