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Maine Revised Statutes Title 22. Health and Welfare § 7323. Multidisciplinary teams

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. Team designation. The commissioner shall designate several multidisciplinary teams throughout the State to assist the department with evaluations of adults with long-term care needs.

2. Membership.Each multidisciplinary team must include at least one social services' professional or health care professional and, whenever possible, the adult with long-term care needs and a family or designated representative.

3. Duties. For each adult with long-term care needs evaluated by a multidisciplinary team, the team shall assist the department to:

A. Determine the eligibility of the adult for in-home and community support services;

B. Develop a plan of services for the adult, in cooperation with the probable providers of the services, whenever such providers are not members of the team;

C. Arrange for the provision of the needed services;

D. Reevaluate the adult periodically to determine the adult's continuing need for the services; and

E. Consult when possible with the adult's attending physician, if any.

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