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| Within 30 days of receiving notice of any action under this | article, including an administrative decision establishing an | obligation to provide health insurance and payment for other | medical expenses, and including an administrative decision that did | not establish an obligation to provide health insurance and payment | for other medical expenses, the responsible parent or the | department may move for a review of any action under this article | by serving a request for review, together with an affidavit stating | the grounds upon which the request is based, upon the other party. | The department may review any action under this article without | proceeding under this section. The department acting on behalf of | another state or its instrumentality or a person residing in | another state constitutes good cause within the meaning of Title 5, | section 9057, subsection 5. |
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| | Sec. 12. 19-A MRSA §2451, sub-§2, ķA, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, | Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
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| A. The hearing must be conducted according to rules adopted | by the commissioner. The Except as provided by section | 2304, subsection 4, paragraph F, the rules must provide both | the moving and responding parties at least the right to | confront and cross-examine witnesses, to present witnesses, | to be represented by an attorney or other person and to be | notified of these rights in writing. The decision must be | limited to evidence presented at the hearing. |
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| | Sec. 13. Automatic modification study; report. The Department of Health and | Human Services, working with the Family Law Advisory Commission, | established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 351, shall | study the need for legislation that provides the automatic modification | of all orders establishing or modifying child support upon a child | reaching any of the events listed in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title | 19-A, section 2006, subsection 8, paragraph G. The department shall | submit its report, accompanied by any recommendations, to the Joint | Standing Committee on Judiciary by January 1, 2006. Following receipt | and review of the report, the committee may report out legislation to the | 122nd Legislature. |
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