{"data":{"id":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-7323","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"22 M.R.S. §7323","heading":"Multidisciplinary teams","body":"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.\n2.  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.\n3.  Duties.  For each adult with long-term care needs evaluated by a multidisciplinary team, the team shall assist the department to:\nA.  Determine the eligibility of the adult for in-home and community support services;\nB.  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;\nC.  Arrange for the provision of the needed services;\nD.  Reevaluate the adult periodically to determine the adult's continuing need for the services; and\nE.  Consult when possible with the adult's attending physician, if any.","path":["TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE","SUBTITLE 5: IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH LONG-TERM CARE NEEDS","CHAPTER 1623: IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND OTHER ADULTS AT RISK OF INAPPROPRIATE PLACEMENT IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec7323.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"63c6ce3cb437611b88f595816e66059456a74412541ab418c962520d2d565782","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-7322","next":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-7341"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}