| This bill requires the Bureau of Health to coordinate and keep |
| records of the interdepartmental efforts to respond to the |
| presence of rabies in the State. This bill also directs the |
| Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the |
| Department of Conservation, the Department of Human Services and |
| the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to continue to |
| collaborate on efforts to respond to the presence of rabies in |
| the State including working with the informal Maine rabies work |
| group. This bill appropriates $1,000 for the biennium to pay the |
| administrative expenses incurred by the Bureau of Health to carry |
| out the purposes of this bill. |
