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LD 1855
Session - 129th Maine Legislature
 
LR 2633
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Include Student Absences for Mental Health or Behavioral Health Needs as Excusable Absences

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

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §3272, sub-§3, ¶A,  as enacted by PL 1985, c. 490, §8, is amended to read:

A. Personal illness health, including the person's mental and behavioral health;

Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §5001-A, sub-§4, ¶A,  as enacted by PL 1983, c. 806, §49, is amended to read:

A. Personal illness health, including the person's mental and behavioral health;

summary

Current law provides that a person's absence from school is excused when the absence is due to personal illness. This bill specifies that a person's absence is excused when the absence is due to reasons of personal health, including the person's mental and behavioral health.


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