An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1092
Committee Amendment CA_A_S54 (Senate)
Amends: 25 MRSA §4201

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "4 " to S.P. 324, L.D. 1092, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing Critical Incident Stress Management Teams" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 to 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §4201, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 112, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Critical incident. "Critical incident" means a work-related incident that causes or 
has the potential to cause an employee or member of or emergoocy dispatcher for a 
criminal justice public safety agency or an organization involved in emergency care or 
response, a corrections officer as defined in section 2801-A, subsection 2 or an employee 
of a county jail or a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of 
Corrections to experience emotional or physical stress. "Critical incident" includes, but is 
not limited to, use-of-force encounters that may result in the death of or serious injury to 
another person or an officer, member or employee, fatal motor vehicle accidents, child 
abuse investigations, emergency care or ,esponse operations and death investigations. 
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §4201, sub-§§1-A and 1-B are enacted to read: 
1-A. Critical incident stress management peer support. "Critical incident stress 
management peer support" means services provided to an employee or member of a 
public safety agency or an organization involved in emergency care or response, a 
corrections officer as defined in section 2801-A, subsection 2 or an employee of a county 
jail or a detention or correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections when 
that person has been involved in a critical incident that can reasonably have a devastating, 
long-lasting effect on that person. "Critical incident stress management peer support" 
includes assisting the employee, member or officer to appropriately process the trauma 
and stress and connecting that person to appropriate resources. 
1-B. Critical incident stress management peer support person. "Critical incident 
stress management peer support person" means a person who provides critical incident 
stress management peer support and is trained in accordance with national best practices 
and standards established by rule by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Rules adopted 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 324, L.D. 1092 (')"'5"l-l) 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §4201, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2015, c. 112, §1, is repealed 
and the following enacted in its place: 
2. 
Critical incident stress management team. 
management team" means: 
"Critical incident stress 
A. A team of critical incident stress management peer support persons designated by 
the chief or director of a public safety agency or of an organization involved in 
emergency care or response, the sheriff of a county jail or the head of a detention or 
correctional facility, or that person's designee: or 
B. A volunteer team coordinator by a nonprofit entity that is trained, in accordance 
with national best practices and standards established by rule by the Commissioner of 
Public Safety, to assist and provide critical incident stress management peer support. 
A critical incident stress management team shall have an established relationship with a 
licensed mental health clinician who is available for consultation with members of the 
critical incident stress management team as the members determine to be necessary and 
for at least one meeting annually with the team. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this 
subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment expands the list of persons who may be served by a critical incident 
stress management team and changes the description of the employing entity from "a 
criminal justice agency" to a "public safety agency" and adds an organization involved in 
emergency care or response or a county jail or a correctional facility operated by the 
Department of Corrections. The amendment removes reference to cumulative exposure 
to stress and traumatic incidents· added by the bill. The amendment removes from the bill 
specific types of training, instead requiring training in accordance with national best 
practices and standards established by the Commissioner of Public Safety and providing 
routine technical rulemaking authority to the commissioner. The amendment removes the 
requirement that a critical incident stress management team have as a member a licensed 
mental health clinician. The amendment requires the critical incident stress management 
team to have a relationship with a licensed mental health clinician who is available for 
consultation with members of the team as needed and with the team at least once per 
year. 
FISCAL ~~OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/09/19 feac 
LD 1092 
LR 1086(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Critical Incident Stress Management Teams 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ft' C $--SLQ 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with rnlemaking can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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