An Act To Prohibit Female Genital Mutilation
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0745
Committee Amendment CA_C_H485 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "(:_" to H.P. 525, L.D. 745, Bill, "An Act To 
Prohibit Female Genital Mutilation" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §214 in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the last line 
(page 1, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11:B.
and inserting the following: 
1A1 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §214 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph B 
(page 1, lines 8 to 12 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'B. The person, being a parent, guardian or person who has immediate custody of a 
female person under 18 years of age, consents to or permits for nonmedical purposes 
the circumcision, excision, mutilation or infibulation, in whole or in part, of the labia 
majora, labia minora or clitoris of the female person under 18 years of age. 
(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), a violation of this paragraph is a 
Class C crime; 
(2) A violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime if, at the time of the offense, 
the person has one or more prior convictions for a violation of this paragraph; or' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §214 by striking out all of subsection 4 (page 1, lines 
to 27 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'4. It is a defense to a violation of subsection 1 that: 
A. 
The circumcision, excision, mutilation or infibulation was done for purposes 
related to the health of a female person under 18 years of age as determined to be 
necessary by a physician licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 36 or 48; or 
B. When the circumcision, excision, mutilation or infibulation was consented to or 
permitted under subsection 1, paragraph B or C by a parent, guardian or person who 
had immediate custody of the female person under 18 years of age, the parent, 
guardian or person who had immediate custody of the female person under 18 years 
of age was compelled to consent to or permit the circumcision, excision, mutilation or 
infibulation by force or by threat of death or bodily injury to that person or another 
person.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT"~ to H.P. 525, L.D. 745 
Amend the bill by adding after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Department of Health and Human Services; community-based 
education and outreach program relating to female genital mutilation. The 
Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a community-based education 
and outreach program to provide culturally specific services for communities in the State 
in which female genital mutilation of minors might be practiced. Services to be provided 
under the program include, but are not limited to: 
1. Development and distribution of educational materials regarding the health risks 
and emotional trauma inflicted by and relating to the practice of female genital 
mutilation; 
2. 
Development and distribution of educational materials relating to the federal 
prohibition on and penalties for female genital mutilation of a minor under 18 United 
States Code, Section 116, the state prohibition on and penalties for female genital 
mutilation of a minor under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, section 214 and the 
mandatory reporting requirements relating to female genital mutilation of a minor 
pursuant to Title 22, section 4011-A, subsection 1; 
3. Outreach and provision of culturally specific support services to victims of female 
genital mutilation in the State; and 
4. Development and administration of a culturally sensitive professional training 
program relating to female genital mutilation that includes, but is not limited to, training 
on the information described in subsections 1 and 2. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Provides funding to contract for outreach and support services. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2017-18 
$50,000 
$50,000 
2018-19 
$50,000 
$50,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for development and printing of educational materials. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2017-18 
$2,680 
$2,680 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$1,512 
$1,512 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" C::. to H.P. 525, L.D. 745 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Comprehensive Health Planner II position to develop, 
establish and administer a community-based education and outreach program to provide 
culturally specific services for communities in the State in which female genital 
mutilation of minors might be practiced, which includes the development, establishment 
and administration of a culturally sensitive professional training program. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATNE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENTTOTAL-ALLFUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
2018-19 
1.000 
1.000 
$82,480 
$84,506 
$10,178 
$10,178 
$92,658 
$94,684 
2017-18 
2018-19 
$145,338 
$146,196 
$145,338 
$146,196 
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, elevates from Class B 
to Class A the new crime of performing female genital mutilation on a female person 
under 18 years of age. The amendment reduces from a Class B to a Class C crime the 
first offense of a parent, guardian or custodian of the female person under 18 years of age 
in consenting to or permitting the procedure but retains as a Class B crime any 
subsequent offenses. The amendment provides a defense to the new crime of female 
genital mutilation that, when the procedure was consented to or permitted by a parent, 
guardian or custodian of a female person under 18 years of age, the parent, guardian or 
custodian was compelled to consent to or permit the procedure by force or by threat of 
death or bodily injury to that person or another person. 
The amendment also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to 
develop, establish and administer a community-based education and outreach program to 
provide culturally specific services for communities in the State in which female genital 
mutilation of minors might be practiced, including a culturally sensitive professional 
training program, and provides funding to implement the program. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/25/17 feac. 
LD745 
LR456(04) 
An Act To Prohibit Female Genital Mutilation 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ·~ l H -Lf.35) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$145,338 
$146,196 
$145,338 
$146,196 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$148,623 
$148,623 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$151,050 
$151,050 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services of $145 ,338 in fiscal 
year 2017-18 and $146,196 in fiscal year 2018-19 for one Comprehensive Health Planner II position to develop, 
establish and administer a c01mnunity-based education and outreach program, a contract for outreach and support 
services, and development and printing of educational materials. 
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