An Act To Protect Personal Information of Participants in a Community Well-being Check Program
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶T, as amended by PL 2015, c. 161, §2, is further amended to read:
T. Records describing research for the development of processing techniques for fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing or the design and operation of a depuration plant in the possession of the Department of Marine Resources; and
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶U, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 161, §3, is amended to read:
U. Records provided by a railroad company describing hazardous materials transported by the railroad company in this State, the routes of hazardous materials shipments and the frequency of hazardous materials operations on those routes that are in the possession of a state or local emergency management entity or law enforcement agency, a fire department or other first responder. For the purposes of this paragraph, "hazardous material" has the same meaning as set forth in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 105.5 . ; and
Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶V is enacted to read:
V. Participant application materials and other personal information obtained or maintained by a municipality or other public entity in administering a community well-being check program, except that a participant's personal information, including health information, may be made available to first responders only as necessary to implement the program. For the purposes of this paragraph, "community well-being check program" means a voluntary program that involves daily, or regular, contact with a participant and, when contact cannot be established, sends first responders to the participant's residence to check on the participant's well-being.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.