An Act To Create an At-risk Persons Program in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1485
Committee Amendment CA_A_H373 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2917

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1087, L.D. 1485, Bill, "An Act To 
Create an At-risk Persons Program in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Create a Contact Person Program in the Department of Public Safety' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2917 is enacted to read: 
§2917. Contact person program 
1. Definitions. As used in this section. unless the context otherwise indicates. the 
following te1ms have the following meanings. 
A. 
"Contact person program" or "program" means the program developed and 
operated pursuant to this section. 
B. "Law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in section 3701, subsection 3. 
C. "Participating person" means a person: 
(1) Who voluntarily provides to a law enforcement agency contact information 
for a person or persons to assist with communications; or 
(2) Who has a legal guardian under Title 18-C. section 5-301 or 5-701 and for 
whom the legal guardian provides to a law enforcement agency contact 
info1mation to assist with communications. 
2. Contact person program. The Department of Public Safety shall develop and 
implement a contact person program to assist a law enforcement officer with 
communications with a participating person during an encounter between the 
participating person and the law enforcement officer. The program must provide the law 
enforcement officer with access to contact information for a person that is voluntarily 
submitted by a participating person or the legal guardian of a participating person. The 
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program must interface with the State's telecommunications and radio message switching 
system. 
3. Standards of procedure. The program must include standards of procedure for 
law enforcement agencies consistent with policies adopted by the Department of Public 
Safety. The standards must address processing the application of a participating person 
or that person's legal guardian, determining the validity of identity and legal guardianship 
information, entering contact information into the State's telecommunications and radio 
message switching system, procedures for a participating person or that person's legal 
guardian to withdraw from the program and procedures for a law enforcement officer to 
access contact information. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
State Police 0291 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for computer programming to create a database to 
identify participating persons who are part of the contact person program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
IDGHWAYFUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$26,000 
$26,000 
2019-20 
$14,000 
$14,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and title. The amendment requires the Department 
of Public Safety to develop and implement a contact person program, a voluntary 
program to assist a law enforcement officer with communications with a participating 
person during an encounter between the participating person and the law enforcement 
officer. 
A participating person is a person who voluntarily applies or whose legal 
guardian applies to the program. The program must provide the law enforcement officer 
with access to contact information and must interface with the State's telecommunications 
and radio message switching system. The program must include standards of procedure 
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for law enforcement agencies consistent with policies adopted by the department. The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/19 fe'ac 
LD 1485 
LR 1358(02) 
An Act To Create an At-risk Persons Program in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment if.'{ rf..,, 37 3\ 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
$26,000 
$14,000 
$26,000 
$14,000 
FY2020-21 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $26,000 and a one-time Highway Fund allocation of 
$14,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 to the Department of Public Safety for computer programming to create a database to 
identify participating persons who are part of the contact person program. 
LR1358(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
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