Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 6205 – Services for juveniles committed to Long Creek Youth Development Center
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1. Department authority. The department may provide consultation services to any juvenile with an intellectual disability or autism committed to the Long Creek Youth Development Center if those services are requested by the Commissioner of Corrections or the commissioner’s designee. Consultation services may include participation by appropriate department professionals on the Classification Committee of the Long Creek Youth Development Center in order to assist in the design of individual treatment plans to provide habilitation, education and skill training to juveniles with an intellectual disability or autism in residence at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
[PL 2017, c. 148, §29 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 6205
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee, except that when the term "commissioner and only the commissioner" is used, the term applies only to the person appointed Commissioner of Health and Human Services and not to any designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
- Treatment: means the provision of services to children in need of treatment and their families, the services consisting primarily of:
2. Support services. Whenever a program has been designed for a juvenile with an intellectual disability or autism by the Classification Committee of the Long Creek Youth Development Center and the classification committee has included participation by the department professionals, the department shall provide, insofar as possible, support services to implement that program.
[PL 2017, c. 148, §29 (AMD).]
3. Case management. The department may provide case management services to juveniles with intellectual disabilities or autism who are released from the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
[PL 2017, c. 148, §29 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 738, §E4 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 738, §E6 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 560, §K72 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 401, §J4 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 439, §G6 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 706, §A14 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §134 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 148, §29 (AMD).