10-144-272 Me. Code R. § I-A
Coordinated Care Services for Children with Special Health Needs Program (C.C.S./C.S.H.N.) was originally authorized under the Division of Maternal and Child Health as Crippled Children's Services Program in August 1935 with the passage of the Social Security Act, Title V, ( P.L. 74-271). This authorization has continued with the amendments to the act in 1960, 1981, 1986 and in 1989 through the Omnibus Reconciliation Act (OBRA), which assured the continuance of a national focus to assist states in advancing the health of mothers and children through the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant. In Maine the C.C.S./C.S.H.N. Program is authorized under 22 M.R.S.A.421) and 2000ff, and the Code of Maine Rules 10-144 C MR, Chapter 272.
Federal administrative authority under the Maternal and Child Health Programs rests with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. State administrative authority rests with the Department of Human Services and its authority to accept and administer funds available from State or Federal sources for the provision of services set forth in these rules and established by 22 M.R.S.A. .10,12, 1951 and 2001. The regulations themselves are issued pursuant to authority granted to the Department of Human Services by 22 M.R.S.A.421) and 2001. Coordinated Care Services For Children With Special Health Needs resides within the Division of Maternal and Child Health, Bureau of Health.
10-144 C.M.R. ch. 272, § I-A