An Act To Enhance the Long-te1m Stability of Certain At-risk Youth
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1596
Committee Amendment CA_A_H544 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "!.J;'t to H.P. 1155, L.D. 1596, Bill, "An Act To 
Enhance the Long-te1m Stability of Certain At-risk Youth" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble. 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §4099-I in subsection 2 by striking out all of the last 
blocked paragraph (page 2, lines 34 and 35 in L.D.). 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §4099-I by inserting after subsection 4 the following: 
'5. Availability of special findings. Special findings are available under subsection 
for the protection, well-being, care and custody of an at-risk noncitizen child for whom 
a remedy is not otherwise available or appropriate under Title 18-C, Title 19-A or this 
Title.' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §4099-I by striking out all of subsection 6 (page 3, 
lines 10 to 12 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
16. Additional available remedies; similar findings of fact and rulings of law. 
Nothing in this section prevents a petitioner from filing a complaint under Title 18-C, 
Title 19-A or this Title or for any other remedy available under the laws of this State to 
protect the at-risk noncitizen child from further abuse or other harm, or to provide 
support. Nothing in this section prevents the court from issuing similar fmdings of fact 
and rulings of law to those in subsection 2 in any other proceeding concerning a 
noncitizen child.' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in §4099-I by renumbering the subsections to read 
consecutively. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause. 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT '/1 "toH.P. 1155, L.D. 1596 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the provision in the bill that an at-risk noncitizen child is 
not required to include as a respondent a parent with whom reunification may be a viable 
option in order to leave that dete1mination to the discretion of the court in each case. 
The amendment makes clear that courts have the authority to issue special orders for 
the protection, well-being, care and custody of at-risk noncitizen children for whom a 
remedy is not otherwise available or appropriate under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
18-C, Title 19-A or Title 22. 
The amendment clarifies that the new provisions do not preclude the at-risk 
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noncitizen child from seeking other remedies that are available to protect the child from 
further abuse or other harm or that provide support. 
This amendment removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause from the 
bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/29/19 ::Wac 
LD 1596 
LR 1676(02) 
An Act To Enhance the Long-term Stability of Certain At-risk Youth 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Ame~ded by C~1_11mittee Amendment 'tt' (H-f}f 4\ 
Committee: Jud1c1ary 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
This bill may increase the number of civil suits filed in the court system. 
The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system does not require 
additional funding at this time. 
The collection of additional filing fees may increase General Fund and other dedicated revenue by minor amounts. 
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