Resolve, Creating a Forensic Board To Manage the Release of Certain Sex Offenders
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1721
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Legislative Document 
No. 1721 
H.P. 1229 
House of Representatives, January 3,2006 
Resolve, Creating a Forensic Board To Manage the Release of 
Certain Sex Offenders 
Reported by Representative BLANCHETTE of Bangor for the Joint Standing Committee 
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Public Law 2005, chapter 423, section 24. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 28,2005. Referred to the Committee on 
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 218. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Development of foremic board for managemfnt and release of 
certain sex offenders. 
Resolvrd: 
That the I\;;partment of Corrections. in 
cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services, the judicial branch and 
other interested parties, shall develop a plan to create a forensic board to periodically 
review the safety of releasing persons convicted of certain sex offenses. The Department 
of Corrections shall recommend persons to serve on the forensic board and shall 
recommend processes for the board to employ. These processes include determining 
when a person is eligible for review for release, identifying and using recognized risk 
assessment tools and other measurements and standards to determine whether a person 
may be appropriately released and under what conditions and determining whether and 
under what circumstances the person must continue to remain incarcerated until the next 
forensic review. ]n addition to making recommendations regarding the development of a 
forensic board and a review schedule after the minimum sentence is served, the 
Department of Corrections shall identify the types of treatment that persons convicted of 
sex offenses are receiving while incarcerated and any data measuring the success and 
failure of such treatments; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Report and implementing legislation. 
Resolved: 
That the 
Department of Corrections shall report its findings and recommendations, including 
proposed legislation to implement a forensic board, to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters by 
December 30, 2006. 
Upon receiving the report, the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters may also 
report out legislation to make necessary changes in order to implement the forensic board 
process and amend criminal sentencing laws. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Corrections, in cooperation with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, the judiciary branch and other interested 
parties, to develop a plan to create a forensic board to periodically review the safety of 
releasing persons convicted of certain sex offenses after those persons have served at 
least a minimum number of years of imprisonment. The Department of Corrections shall 
recommend persons to serve on the forensic board and shall recommend processes for the 
board to employ, including the use of recognized risk assessment tools and other 
measurements and standards, to determine whether a person may be appropriately 
released and under what conditions or to determine that the person must continue to 
remain incarcerated until the next forensic 
review. 
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addition to making 
recommendations regarding the development of a forensic board, the Department of 
Corrections shall identify the types of treatment that persons convicted of sex offenses are 
receiving while incarcerated and any data measuring the success and failure of such 
treatments. The resolve directs the Department of Corrections to report its findings and 
recommendations, including proposed legislation to implement a forensic board, to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and 
public safety matters by December 30, 2006. 
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