Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5471 – Service agreements
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1. Service agreement required. Each personal plan or service plan must be carried out pursuant to a written service agreement.
[PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5471
- Advocate: means a person:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Chief administrative officer: means the head of a state institution or the head of any other institution which provides services which fall under the jurisdiction of the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001 Client: means a person asking the department for adult developmental services or the person for whom those services are asked. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461 Family: means those persons that the person defines as included in that person's family, including as appropriate unpaid individuals with whom the person resides. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Individual support coordinator: means a regional staff member of the department with the responsibility for coordinating the personal planning and professional services for a person eligible for adult developmental services under this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001 Person: means an adult with an intellectual disability or autism. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001 Planning team: means those persons, including at a minimum the client, the client's guardian and the client's individual support coordinator and others selected by the client or guardian to participate, who develop a personal plan or service plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461 Service agreement: means a written form in which the persons designated in section 5471 agree to the type of services and programs for and the manner of providing services to the client. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461 Service plan: means one type of plan resulting from the personal planning process for the delivery and coordination of specific services to a client when:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Signatures. Each service agreement must be signed and dated by at least:
A. The client, if the client is able; [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
B. The client’s guardian or next of kin, if that person exists and is available; [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
C. A client advocate, if the client has no guardian; [PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
D. The individual support coordinator of the planning team that developed the personal plan or service plan for the client; and [PL 2013, c. 21, §11 (AMD).]
E. [PL 2013, c. 21, §12 (RP).]
F. [PL 2013, c. 21, §13 (RP).]
G. The chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer’s agent, of other public or private agencies or groups that agree to provide services to the client. [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
[PL 2013, c. 21, §§11-13 (AMD).]
3. Contents. Each service agreement must include at least the following information.
A. It must specify the respective responsibilities, where applicable, of the client, the family or guardian of the client, the regional office and each public and private agency that intends to provide services to the client. [PL 2013, c. 21, §14 (AMD).]
B. It must identify by job classification or other description each individual who is responsible for carrying out each part of the service plan or personal plan. [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
C. [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (RP).]
[PL 2013, c. 21, §14 (AMD).]
4. Implementation of service plan or personal plan. Implementation of a service plan or personal plan is governed as follows.
A. No part of a service plan or personal plan may be implemented until each person required to sign the service agreement under subsection 2 has signed it. [PL 2013, c. 21, §15 (AMD).]
B. Any existing service plan or personal plan is considered to be in effect until all persons required to sign under subsection 2 have signed the new service agreement. [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
C. A service plan or personal plan may not be in effect longer than one year and 2 weeks from the day on which the last person signed the service agreement for the plan. [PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
[PL 2013, c. 21, §15 (AMD).]
5. Review.
[PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (RP).]
6. Amendment. Any major changes in a client’s service plan or personal plan may occur only after the service agreement has been amended and signed by the persons specified in subsection 2.
[PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 560, §K58 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 389, §15 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 21, §§11-15 (AMD).