22 M.R.S. §6110: Designation of priority social services

The following types of social services are designated as priority social services for payment of expenditures from state funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter:

Homemaker -- Health Aide Services;

Developmental Day Care, including Family Day Care;

Services for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism;

Mental Health Services;

Transportation Services;

Meals for Older People; and

Health and Home Care Needs for the Elderly.

Any expenditure of funds for family day care shall not cause the amount which may be expended for developmental day care or any other type of service to decrease below the cumulative fiscal year to date amount expended as of April 1, 1975 for such developmental day care or such other type of service.