Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a separate department of Family and Child Services in Maine.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes a Separate Department of Child and Family Services for the state of Maine as a cabinet level department (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the department is to help provide supportive, preventive, protective, public health and intervention services to children and their families (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the department is also responsible for developmental health of children (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that this department shall provide programs and services through a coordinated and organized structure (Sec. 1).

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