Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20007 – Agency cooperation
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20007
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Prevention: means any activity designed to educate or provide information to individuals and groups about the use of alcohol and other drugs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
- Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including career counseling, diagnostic evaluation, employment, health, medical, psychiatric, psychological, recreational, rehabilitative, social service care, treatment and vocational services, that may be extended to a drug user, a person with substance use disorder or a person in need of assistance due to the use of a dependency-related drug. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 20003
State agencies shall cooperate fully with the department in carrying out this chapter. A state agency may not develop, establish, conduct or administer any substance use disorder prevention or treatment program without the approval of the department. The department may request personnel, facilities and data from other agencies as the commissioner finds necessary to fulfill the purposes of this Act. [PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §30 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 934, §A3 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 165, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. AA, §25 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §30 (AMD).