Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4010-E

  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The Office of Child and Family Services shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters at least every 3 months. Each quarterly report shall describe the department‘s efforts to protect the State’s children and may include but is not limited to prevention efforts; training programs; development and implementation of strategic plans, priorities and initiatives; data reports; staffing updates; child placements; implementation of requirements in prior enacted bills or budgets; interactions with citizen review panels established pursuant to the federal Children’s Justice Act, 42 United States Code § 5106a; and any other subject matter requested by the joint standing committee. [PL 2023, c. 261, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 2023, c. 261, §3 (NEW).