CHAPTER 399

H.P. 968 - L.D. 1314

An Act To Improve Out-of-home Abuse and Neglect

Investigations

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4088, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §90, PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §82 and affected by §83 and as amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:

D. "Out-of-home abuse and neglect" means abuse and neglect of a child which that occurs in a facility or by a person subject to licensure or inspection by this the department, the Department of Education, the Department of Corrections and or the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services or in a facility operated by any of these departments.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4088, sub-§1, ¶D-1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 265, §2, is amended to read:

D-1. "Service Services center" means the Community Services Center established in section 6-C.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4088, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 265, §3 and c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:

3. Authority and responsibility. The team shall have has the following authority and responsibilities regarding investigation of out-of-home abuse and neglect. The team: