An Act To Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1889
Committee Amendment CA_A_H419 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-G

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1321, L.D. 1889, Bill, "An Act To 
Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§26-F is enacted to read: 
26-F. 
Maine National 
Guard 
Commission to 
Protect the Lives 
and Health of 
Members of the 
Maine National 
Guard 
Legislative Per 
Diem and 
Expenses 
37-B MRS A §532 
Sec. 2. 22 MRS A §255-A is enacted to read: 
§255-A. Commission to Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine 
National Guard. 
The commissioner, through the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall provide for assistance to the Commission to Protect the Lives and 
Health of Members of the Maine National Guard in order for the commission to achieve 
the purpose for which it is created in Title 37-B, chapter 8-A. The Director of the Maine 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans 
and Emergency Management shall coordinate their resources, including staff assistance, 
to the commission and cooperate under the direction of the commission to provide a 
higher standard of preventative health care for members of the Maine National Guard.' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §533 in subsection 1 by striking out paragraph H (page 
3, lines 22 to 25 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" fl' to H.P. 1321, L.D. 1889 
'H. Work with the Bureau of Maine Veterans' Services to track the care of the 
physically and psychologically wounded Maine National Guard and Armed Forces 
service members from Maine within the health care systems of the United States 
Department of Defense and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and 
serve as an advocate to ensure a high quality of care; and' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §534 by striking out all of the first line (page 3, line 38 
in L.D.) and inserting the following: '§534. 
Meetings of the commission; public 
hearing' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Purpose. The intent of this Act is to provide higher and safer standards for 
preventative medical practices and health screenings administered to members of the 
Maine National Guard than currently exist and to encourage the federal military forces to 
adopt these higher standards. It is also the intent of this Act to prevent future noncombat 
deaths and injuries of military personnel by creating the Commission to Protect the Lives 
and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard and by directing the Maine National 
Guard and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to take such action as 
necessary to accomplish this purpose including coordination and cooperation between 
these 2 agencies.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies that the Commission to Protect the Lives and Health of 
Members of the Maine National Guard will also track the care of wounded service 
members of all military services. 
It also makes a technical change by adding the 
commission to the list of boards and commissions found in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5 and by referencing the role of the Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention in Title 22, which governs health and welfare. This amendment includes a 
purpose section and clarifies a headnote. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/30107 ;t?ac:.. 
LD 1889 
LR 2622(02) 
An Act To Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "~,, 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management and the Department of Health and Human Services can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted 
resources. 
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