Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 34-B > Chapter 1 > Subchapter 5 - Family Support Services

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• 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
• Crisis intervention: means an unplanned and temporary service necessary to alleviate a crisis and preserve the living arrangements of a person who receives services from the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1801
• Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
• Family support services: means services that enable a family, which is otherwise eligible to receive services from the department, to maintain and care for its minor or adult member at home. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1801
• Respite care: means a temporary service that provides a respite to a family in a planned and predictable manner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1801
• Service coordination: means a lifelong, goal-oriented process for coordination of the range of services needed and wanted by persons with disabilities and their families. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1801
• Therapeutic services: means occupational, physical, speech and language, respiratory, and vision therapy, counseling and other therapies to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1801