CHAPTER 292
H.P. 974 - L.D. 1354
An Act to Transfer the Responsibility for the Certification of Batterers' Intervention Programs to the Department of Corrections
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19 MRSA §770-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 405, §17, is amended to read:
1. Rules establishing standards and procedures for certification. The Department of Public Safety Corrections, referred to in this section as the "department," shall adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, in consultation with the Maine Commission on Domestic Abuse, that establish standards and procedures for certification of batterers' intervention programs. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall review and certify programs that meet the standards. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §4014, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:
1. Rules establishing standards and procedures for certification. The Department of Public Safety Corrections, referred to in this section as the "department," shall adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, in consultation with the Maine Commission on Domestic Abuse, that establish standards and procedures for certification of batterers' intervention programs. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall review and certify programs that meet the standards. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 4014, subsection 1 is effective October 1, 1997.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated, unless otherwise indicated.
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