| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4004, sub-§2, śC, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733, §18, | is amended to read: |
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| C. Determine the degree of harm or threatened harm to each | child in each case; and |
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| | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4004, sub-§2, śC-1 is enacted to read: |
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| C-1.__In the case of a person who has attained 13 years of | age and for whom the department has received a report of | abuse or neglect, not terminate its monitoring of that | person's welfare, or other action under paragraph D, until | that person has attained 18 years of age; and |
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| | This bill amends the Department of Human Service's duties | regarding protection of abused and neglected children. It adds | to those duties the following: in the case of an adolescent for | whom the department has received an abuse or neglect report, the | department must continue to monitor the adolescent's welfare or | take other appropriate protective actions until the adolescent | reaches 18 years of age. |
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