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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§15-B is enacted to read:

 
15-B. Interde-Expenses22 MRSA

 
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Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA c. 307-A, as amended, is repealed.

 
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA c. 1676 is enacted to read:

 
CHAPTER 1676

 
SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN

 
WITH DISABILITIES

 
§8421.__System

 
1.__Establishment.__The Child Development Services System is
established for the purpose of maintaining a coordinated service
delivery system for the provision of childfind activities for
children, from birth to under 6 years of age, early intervention
services for eligible children, from birth to under 3 years of
age, and free, appropriate public education services for eligible
children, from 3 years of age to under 6 years of age, who have a
disability.__The Child Development Services System consists of
regional sites organized as intermediate educational units or as
private nonprofit corporations, one state-level intermediate
educational unit within the Department of Human Services and an
Interdepartmental Coordinating Council for Early Intervention
advisory board.__The Child Development Services System shall
ensure application of the provisions of this chapter statewide
through a contractual or grant relationship between the
Department of Human Services and each regional site.

 
2.__Governmental purpose.__The Child Development Services
System is established as a body corporate and politic and as a
public instrumentality of the State, and the exercise of the
powers conferred by this section is deemed to be the performance
of essential governmental functions.

 
§8422.__Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.


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