4. It authorizes the Department of Human Services to increase the fines from $50 to $100 for each unresolved violation and to increase the penalty for operating without a license from an existing range of $10 to $100 to a new range of $25 to $200.

PART Y

Part Y amends the law to clarify the State's existing authority to file a claim against the surviving spouse of a MaineCare recipient.

PART Z

Part Z makes changes to the mandatory reporting requirements for abuse and neglect consistent with changes recommended by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Families and Children. It requires the Department of Human Services to collect and investigate all reports regarding infants born affected by substance abuse or after prenatal exposure to drugs and to provide services to the child and family that address that set of circumstances.

PART AA

Part AA does the following.

1. It redefines a mass outdoor gathering to include persons staying, camping or otherwise temporarily residing on property contiguous to the property of the event.

2. It authorizes the Department of Human Services to require an application with a fee prior to reviewing and issuing a permit to any mass outdoor gathering.

3. It requires any applicant to submit an application no later than 120 days prior to the anticipated event and requires the department to respond within 30 days. Final approval or disapproval by the department must be not later than 30 days prior to the event.

4. It clarifies the bonding requirement by specifically allowing an applicant to obtain personal liability insurance for such an event.