Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0724
Committee Amendment CA_A_H131 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2929

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Act To Enhance 
AMENDMENT .. iJ.. to 
Homeland Security" 
H. P • 530 , 
L • D . 
24 , Bill, .. An 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2929, sub-§2, as enac ted by PL 1997, c. 291, 
§3, is amended to read: 
2. 
Confidentiality. 
Confidential information may not be 
utilized for commercial purposes and may not be disclosed in any 
manner except as follows: 
A. 
A 
public 
safety 
answering 
point 
may 
disclose 
confidential 
information 
to 
public 
or 
private 
safety 
agencies and emergency responders for purposes of processing 
emergency calls and providing emergency services; 
B. 
A 
public 
safety 
answering 
point 
confidential information to a law enforcement 
enforcement 
agency 
for 
the 
purpose 
investigations related to an E-9-1-1 call; 
may 
disclose 
officer or law 
of 
criminal 
C. 
A 
public 
safety 
answering 
point 
may 
disclose 
confidential information to designees of the bureau director 
for the purpose of system maintenance and quality control; 
and 
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D. The bureau director may disclose confidential information 
to public safety answering points, public or private safety 
agencies, emergency responders or others within the E-9-l-1 
system to the extent necessary to implement and manage the 
E-9-l-l system. 
Confidential information that is required to be disclosed to 
providers 
of 
emergency 
services 
and 
providers 
of 
emergency 
support services pursuant to 
United States 
Code, 
Section 
222(g) remains subject to the confidentiality provisions of this 
section, 
and 
a 
provider of emergency services 
and emergency 
support services that acquires 
such confidential 
information 
pursuant to that provision of federal law may use the information 
solely for 
the 
purposes 
of delivering or assisting in the 
delivery of emergency notification services as defined in 47 
United 
States 
Code, 
Section 
222(h)(6). 
System 
databases, 
including, but not limited to. those disclosed pursuant to 47 
United States Code, Section 222(g), remain the property of the 
bureau pursuant to section 2926. subsection 6. 
The name, address 
and telephone number of any person to whom any outgoing emergency 
notification call is made using confidential information acquired 
pursuant 
to 
United 
States 
Code, 
Section 
222(g) 
are 
confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in this 
section. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint 
Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy, replaces the bill. 
The amendment clarifies that confidential information in E-9-l-l 
databases that is required to be disclosed to providers of 
emergency services and providers of emergency support services 
pursuant to 47 United States Code, Section 222(g) remains subject 
to existing confidentiality provisions and that a provider of 
emergency services and emergency support services that acquires 
such 
confidential 
information pursuant to that prov1s1on of 
federal law may use the information solely for the purposes of 
delivering or assisting in the delivery of emergency notification 
services. 
The amendment also provides that the name, address and 
telephone number of any person to whom any outgoing emergency 
notification call is made using confidential information acquired 
pursuant 
to 
United 
States 
Code, 
Section 
222(g) 
are 
confidential in the 
same 
manner 
as that information in the 
E-9-l-l database. 
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