Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §8111, sub-§1, ķE, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 740, §8, is amended to read:

E. Any intentional act or omission within the course and scope of employment; provided, except that such immunity shall does not exist in any case in which an employee's actions are found to have been in bad faith. An employee of the Department of Human Services who, for personal gain, vengeance or other inappropriate personal motive, seeks to deprive a person of rights under state or federal law with respect to a child protection action or who collaborates with another by action or inaction to achieve such a result, acts in bad faith and is not entitled to absolute immunity under this paragraph.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that an employee of the Department of Human Services who, for inappropriate personal motives, seeks to deprive a person of rights in a child protection action is not entitled to absolute immunity from tort liability.