§11253. Risk assessment

The department shall establish and apply a risk assessment instrument to each sex offender and sexually violent predator registrant under its jurisdiction for the purpose of notification to law enforcement agencies and to the public.

Sec. B-23. 34-A MRSA §11254, as amended by PL 2003, c. 371, §13, is further amended to read:

§11254. Mandatory notification of conditional release or

discharge of registrants

The department, county jails, state mental health institutes and the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification are governed by the following notice provisions when a sex offender or sexually violent predator registrant is conditionally released or discharged.

1. Duties. The department, a county jail or a state mental health institute shall give the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification notice of the following:

A. The address where the sex offender or sexually violent predator registrant will reside;

B. The address where the sex offender or sexually violent predator registrant will work and attend college or school, if applicable;

C. The geographic area to which a sex offender's or sexually violent predator's registrant's conditional release is limited, if any; and

D. The status of the sex offender or sexually violent predator registrant when released as determined by the risk assessment instrument, the offender's or predator's registrant's risk assessment score, a copy of the risk assessment instrument and applicable contact standards for the offender or predator registrant.

2. Duties of the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification. Upon receipt of the information concerning the conditional release or discharge of a sex offender or sexually violent predator registrant pursuant to subsection 1, the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification shall forward the information in subsection 1 to all law