Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §4004, sub-§2, śC, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733, §18, is amended to read:

C. Determine the degree of harm or threatened harm to each child in each case; and

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §4004, sub-§2, śC-1 is enacted to read:

C-1.__In the case of a person who has attained 13 years of age and for whom the department has received a report of abuse or neglect, not terminate its monitoring of that person's welfare, or other action under paragraph D, until that person has attained 18 years of age; and

SUMMARY

This bill amends the Department of Human Service's duties regarding protection of abused and neglected children. It adds to those duties the following: in the case of an adolescent for whom the department has received an abuse or neglect report, the department must continue to monitor the adolescent's welfare or take other appropriate protective actions until the adolescent reaches 18 years of age.