CHAPTER 398

S.P. 418 - L.D. 1287

An Act To Amend the Life Safety Requirements for Residential

Care Facilities

Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, under current law and Life Safety Code provisions, the continued operation of smaller residential care facilities whose residents have prompt evacuation capability is in jeopardy; and

Whereas, amendment of the Life Safety Code requirements for smaller residential care facilities whose residents have prompt evacuation capability is necessary to enable those facilities to continue to serve their communities; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, §1 and affected by Pt. B, §25, is amended to read:

4. Requirements for residential care facilities. Residential care facilities must comply with the following provisions chapters of the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code relating to new and existing residential board