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| | | An Act To Ensure Appropriate Care and Custody of Children |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4023, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1989, c. 270, §8, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | C. Without any person responsible for the child; or |
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| | | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4023, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 270, §8, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | D. Taken into interim care under Title 15, section 3501, by | a law enforcement officer. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4023, sub-§2, ¶E is enacted to read: |
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| | | E.__In a situation in which the child has lost both parents | | as a result of a homicide or has lost one parent and the | | other parent has been arrested, detained or sentenced and | | committed to a state correctional facility, state mental | | health institute or county jail for an offense related to | | the homicide. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §4023, sub-§8 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 8.__Emergency assessment.__In the event of a homicide as | | described in subsection 2, paragraph E, the department shall | | perform an emergency assessment for the purposes of temporary |
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