| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3909-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §3909-A.__Required report by animal humane agents |
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| | | If a humane agent of the department, in that agent's | | capacity of investigating abuse of animals, finds children or | | elderly dependent people living in a home where there are | | abused animals, that agent shall report that home to the | | Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| | | This bill requires Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural | | Resources humane agents to report to the Department of Health | | and Human Services investigations of animal abuse in homes | | where children and elderly dependent people live. |
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