SP0349, LD 1024, item 1, An Act To Enhance Enforcement of the Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect

An Act To Enhance Enforcement of the Mandatory Reporting of Abuse and Neglect

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

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶J, as amended by PL 2007, c. 371, §5, is further amended to read:

J. To a juvenile court when the child who is the subject of the records has been brought before the court pursuant to Title 15, Part 6; and

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 371, §6, is amended to read:

K. A relative or other person whom the department is investigating for possible custody or placement of the child . ; and

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ¶L is enacted to read:

L. To a licensing board of a mandated reporter, in the case of a mandated reporter under section 4011-A, subsection 1 who appears to have failed to make a required report. Any information disclosed by the department personally identifying a licensee's client or patient remains confidential and may be used only in a proceeding as provided by Title 5, section 9057, subsection 6.

summary

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to make a report, which may include confidential child protection information, to the licensing board of a professional who appears to have violated the mandatory reporting law. The licensing board and licensee are required to keep the information confidential, and its use in a disciplinary proceeding would be governed by the existing procedures in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 9057, subsection 6.

SP0349 LD 1024	Session - 126th Maine Legislature		LR 1993 Item 1
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