Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7323 – Multidisciplinary teams
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1. Team designation. The commissioner shall designate several multidisciplinary teams throughout the State to assist the department with evaluations of adults with long-term care needs.
[PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7323
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Adults with long-term care needs: means adults who have physical or mental limitations which restrict their ability to carry out activities of daily living and impede their ability to live independently, or who are at risk of being, or who already have been, placed inappropriately in an institutional setting. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
- In-home and community support services: means health and social services and other assistance required to enable adults with long-term care needs to remain in their places of residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7302
2. Membership. Each multidisciplinary team must include at least one social services’ professional or health care professional and, whenever possible, the adult with long-term care needs and a family or designated representative.
[PL 1997, c. 734, §3 (AMD).]
3. Duties. For each adult with long-term care needs evaluated by a multidisciplinary team, the team shall assist the department to:
A. Determine the eligibility of the adult for in-home and community support services; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
B. Develop a plan of services for the adult, in cooperation with the probable providers of the services, whenever such providers are not members of the team; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
C. Arrange for the provision of the needed services; [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
D. Reevaluate the adult periodically to determine the adult’s continuing need for the services; and [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §217 (COR).]
E. Consult when possible with the adult’s attending physician, if any. [PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW).]
[RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §217 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 511, §1 (NEW). RR 1991, c. 2, §87 (COR). PL 1997, c. 734, §3 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §217 (COR).