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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1459H.P. 951 House of Representatives, April 3, 2025
An Act to Make General Assistance Officers Mandated Reporters
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HENDERSON of Rumford.
Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Oxford. Page 1 - 132LR0780(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2011, c. 291, §2 and c.
3 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraph (28) to read:
4 (28) A court-appointed guardian or conservator; or
5 as amended by PL 2011, c. 291, §2 and c.
6 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraph (29) to read:
7 (29) A chair of a professional licensing board that has jurisdiction over mandated
8 reporters; or
9 as amended by PL 2011, c. 291, §2 and c.
10 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (30) to read:
11 (30) A municipal general assistance officer.
12 as amended by PL 2009, c. 211, Pt. B,
13 §18 and PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraph (31) to
14 read:
15 (31) A family or domestic violence victim advocate; and
16 as amended by PL 2009, c. 211, Pt. B,
17 §18 and PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraph (32) to
18 read:
19 (32) A school bus driver or school bus attendant; and
20 as amended by PL 2009, c. 211, Pt. B,
21 §18 and PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph
22 (33) to read:
23 (33) A municipal general assistance officer.
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25 This bill makes municipal general assistance officers mandated reporters of the
26 suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of incapacitated or dependent adults and of the
27 suspected abuse or neglect of children or a suspicious child death.
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