SP0354
LD 1014
Session - 127th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number S-261, Sponsored by
LR 1454
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Ensure Confidentiality of Personally Identifying Information for Professional Investigators, Investigative Assistants and Dependents of Deployed Members of the Military’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §8124  is enacted to read:

§ 8124 Confidential information

The home address and home telephone number of a professional investigator or investigative assistant obtained by the State under this chapter are confidential and may not be disclosed by the board except by written consent of the subject of the information, by court order, for criminal justice purposes or for permitting purposes by law enforcement agencies or permitting authorities.

Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §11  is enacted to read:

§ 11 Information of dependents

1 Confidentiality; exceptions.   Any personally identifying information obtained by the State under this Title concerning a dependent of a member of the United States Armed Forces or state military forces who is deployed out of state is confidential and may not be disclosed except:
A By written consent of the subject of the information or, if the subject of the information is less than 18 years of age, a parent or guardian of the subject;
B By court order;
C For criminal justice purposes; or
D For official purposes of the department or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
2 Dependent.   For the purposes of this section, "dependent" has the same meaning as in 10 United States Code, Section 1072.

summary

This amendment provides that only the home address and home telephone number of a professional investigator or investigative assistant are confidential.

This amendment revises the structure of the language in the bill to clarify when personally identifying information concerning dependents of members of the United States Armed Forces or state military forces who are deployed out of state may be disclosed. It also provides that "dependent" has the same meaning as provided in 10 United States Code, Section 1072.


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